Personally, I’m starting to find Google really creepy.

When I’m emailing with my friends, ads, related to my supposedly private email conversations, pop up along the sides. It’s creepy.

But not nearly as creepy as Buzz.

What if you’re in hiding from a creepy ex-boyfriend who wants to kill you? Well, thanks to Buzz, he’ll now be able to find you — easily. He’ll be able to see if any friends that you have in common are emailing you, simply by clicking on their profiles. Google automatically signed their users up for this. They didn’t ask.

Here is a fantastic article on how you can stop people from seeing your “followers” (the people you email and chat with), but what about all of the people who are following you? If they don’t want to make their follow list private, you’re screwed. The Business Insider brings up other situations that could be compromised by Google Buzz: doctors and patients, journalists and sources, anyone trying to get out of a bad situation and get help.

Does Google even care that they may be putting people in danger? Sure, they’ve made it easier for people to opt out (they added a link) but hey, maybe they should have people opt in instead.