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To me, it depends on how they got this "recommendation". If I mentioned that I liked the product on Google+ or Google Play and that recommendation was public. Sure, fair game. But, how likely is this really? Very few people (at least in my network) seem to use Google+ like that. But, if they got the recommendation based on search history or from some other method that is not explicit, then I certainly have a problem with it.

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TLA and Google's terms and supplementaries [0] seem pretty explicit: "Whenever you comment on, follow or +1 a page while logged in with your Google account" "This only happens when you take an action (things like +1’ing, commenting or following) – and the only people who see it are the people you’ve chosen to share that content with".

Nothing is being made visible that wasn't previously visible, it's just that content is now appearing alongside other stuff.

[0] http://www.google.com/policies/terms/changes/

That is better, but still too creepy for me. I am glad they let you opt-out.

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