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And another screen after it notifying me.

Please don't buy into the FUD, there is plenty on control and notice about identity in hangouts: https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3441321?hl=en

To pause the Google-hate, and the same G+ identity talk for just one second I'd like to point out that the details in that post are not accurate.

First and most important - the linchpin to that whole post is wrong:

Google's response was that her outing was "user error" - Google blamed her, the user for not understanding the new, confusing integration.

That statement is untrue, the author is citing a previous reporting that never received any statement from Google: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/07/google-han...

Nonetheless the incident itself was self-inflicted:

The trans woman in question flashed a ROM which skipped the usual disclaimer and notice about which identity will be used: https://twitter.com/eiridescent/status/419604310213672960

Also it's very unfair to cavalierly invoke that Grantland tragedy and to choose that very provocative title to drive page views.