Opt-out of Google Buzz (Updated)

Irritated with Google’s lack of concern for privacy with the roll-out of Google Buzz? Did you hastily click through to see what it was all about only to find that everything you do is broadcasted to the web? Here’s how to opt-out of Google Buzz.

Go to your newly created Google Profile, click on “edit profile” and uncheck “Display my full name so I can be found in search.” That effectively disables your profile which is required to participate in Buzz.

Next, at the bottom of your Gmail page there’s a link to turn off Buzz which will hide that new feature they added to your inbox. Congratulations, you are now Buzz free.

UPDATE: According to a post on Life Hacker, Google will eventually roll out a new Buzz tab in Gmail settings where you can officially opt-out of Buzz. It’s not there yet, but soon.

Google unveiled a new social utility that’s tightly integrated with Gmail and Google Maps today. The best I can tell is it aggregates all of your updates from different services like Twitter and Flickr into a stream that you can follow in Gmail. You can also make Google Buzz specific posts that are geotagged so people that follow you can see where you are and what you have to say about it. I guess the question still remains, does anyone care? Google Buzz