I attempted to understand what exactly this change means, but I could not. I then attempted to opt out, but I could not; I don't know if that means I am opted out or not. As a result I mistrust this change.<p>I saw the banner on the top of the Search page, linking to the new ToS. Here is what it says:<p><i>your friends, family and others may see your Profile name and photo, and content like the reviews you share or the ads you +1’d. 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.</i><p>I don't understand what this means. A possible reading is that if I comment in a blog, Google might take a snippet from my comment, associate it with the profile picture it chose for me (which is a nonsense screencap from a YouTube video I uploaded five years ago), and then show it to people it has determined to be my friends, perhaps in the way that Google Buzz determined that my Realtor was my friend.<p>I don't know which pages this applies to: all of the Internet, Google properties, or Google+ pages only. Even if it's Google+, I fear that services like Blogger will get assimilated into Google+, and then my comments there will become fair game. I also don't know what "take an action" means. I fear that "take an action" includes "send an email" and that content from my messages will be showing up in the recipients' ads.<p>I want to opt-out. I clicked on the "Shared Endorsement Settings", but instead of giving me a way to opt out, I am encouraged to "Join Google+" in which my real name will be used "across all Google products." I don't understand if this means I am already opted out because I don't have a Google+ account, or if I need to make such an account to opt-out. I am reminded of the noxious YouTube popup, where in order to watch that cat video I have to convince Google to not use my real name, in whatever unspecified way.<p>Google's properties make me feel like I am Indiana Jones in the Name of God trap. I am forever one misclick away from irrevocably exposing my personal information.