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Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Re: Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Post by mattmanser »

eitally wrote: post #21
mithaler wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, what do you mean? Right now I have two Gmail tabs open at the same time, one personal, one work. I'm using the multiple accounts feature: https://accounts.google.com/b/0/MultipleSessions You need to keep the accounts separate because enterprise apps have different privacy issues; your employer in enterprise settings is specifically given the ability to see all of your data. Would you really want them seeing you…

But Plus is a consumer service (just like Picasa, Youtube, and everything else outside of the core suite) and even though it can theoretically be covered under an enterprise agreement, there is no audit or control capability for domain administrators on the consumer services. This is a deal-breaker for most enterprises, as is the current requirement of public profiles.

If you go to youtube while using a google apps account it specifically warns you that everything you do can be monitored by your company.

Re: Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Post by justincormack »

InclinedPlane wrote: post #24
Kylekramer wrote: post #4

Now that is has been turned on, I got to agree with saurik ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3132566 ). It doesn't really make sense. Why would I want my social network profile attached to and controlled by my school or work? I remember a family member going through a difficult transition when he was laid off from a job he was working at for decades and no longer had access to just his email/contacts. If people u…

Keep in mind that you are assuming that something that costs on the order of 50 cents a month necessarily implies that only big corporations rather than individuals use it. There are lots of people who are freelancers or founders who use email at their own domain as their personal email.

It is free for individuals, or was maybe they changed that?

I ised it for free for seversl years but just started paying in the hope of getting better support. Given I didnt I am probably going to go back to free.

Re: Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Post by mapgrep »

Kylekramer wrote: post #4

Now that is has been turned on, I got to agree with saurik ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3132566 ). It doesn't really make sense. Why would I want my social network profile attached to and controlled by my school or work? I remember a family member going through a difficult transition when he was laid off from a job he was working at for decades and no longer had access to just his email/contacts. If people u…

"Why would I want my social network profile attached to and controlled by my school or work?"

The better question is why would you want your email address controlled by one company? Those of who decided we want something portable that doesn't end in "@gmail.com" now have access to Google Plus.

Re: Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Post by InclinedPlane »

justincormack wrote: post #32
InclinedPlane wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keep in mind that you are assuming that something that costs on the order of 50 cents a month necessarily implies that only big corporations rather than individuals use it. There are lots of people who are freelancers or founders who use email at their own domain as their personal email.

It is free for individuals, or was maybe they changed that? I ised it for free for seversl years but just started paying in the hope of getting better support. Given I didnt I am probably going to go back to free.

I meant the total cost, I was including domain registration. Apps for your domain is free for businesses and individuals under a certain threshold.

Re: Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Post by bad_user »

eitally wrote: post #21
mithaler wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, what do you mean? Right now I have two Gmail tabs open at the same time, one personal, one work. I'm using the multiple accounts feature: https://accounts.google.com/b/0/MultipleSessions You need to keep the accounts separate because enterprise apps have different privacy issues; your employer in enterprise settings is specifically given the ability to see all of your data. Would you really want them seeing you…

But Plus is a consumer service (just like Picasa, Youtube, and everything else outside of the core suite) and even though it can theoretically be covered under an enterprise agreement, there is no audit or control capability for domain administrators on the consumer services. This is a deal-breaker for most enterprises, as is the current requirement of public profiles.

Domain administrators can completely disable access to these services.

I am a Google Apps users and I had to enable Google+ explicitly.

Re: Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Post by bad_user »

rogerbraun wrote: post #18
mithaler wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, what do you mean? Right now I have two Gmail tabs open at the same time, one personal, one work. I'm using the multiple accounts feature: https://accounts.google.com/b/0/MultipleSessions You need to keep the accounts separate because enterprise apps have different privacy issues; your employer in enterprise settings is specifically given the ability to see all of your data. Would you really want them seeing you…

A very good point. I also use the same method as you do, but you probably know how flaky this can be sometimes, too (At least if you use all this: Gmail, G+, Analytics, Google Music). You are right that there are cases where you would absolutely would want to have completely separate accounts. That's why I would like to have this as an option: Linking two "services" from different users, or attaching two users/emails…

I've been holding off from joining Google+ precisely because I didn't want to revert to my GMail account.

This was the sane approach to take and especially people in the HN community really can't say they haven't seen this coming.

Re: Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Post by [deleted] »

tomkarlo wrote: post #6
Kylekramer wrote: post #4

Now that is has been turned on, I got to agree with saurik ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3132566 ). It doesn't really make sense. Why would I want my social network profile attached to and controlled by my school or work? I remember a family member going through a difficult transition when he was laid off from a job he was working at for decades and no longer had access to just his email/contacts. If people u…

If you don't want your social profile controlled by your school or work, don't use your school or work email address as your login. I'm not sure that's even specific to Google+... There's a reverse of that use case: a school or org may want to provide social networking to its users, specifically for that context, e.g. exchange of information within the institution.

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