Still, Google feels the purpose of Google+ is to enable you to connect with others, and you can't do that if they can't find you.
What makes Google assume I even wan to? I'm already giving this mammoth corporation traffic (and thus revenue), by using their service..I should have the final say.
As demonhorde665 says, to some this might seem like a small inconvenience..a very small chip against a tiny rock. But consider this. Imagine countless other 'small' chips..all timed discreetly to create the illusion the rock is still sound. Now all those pieces that have been chipped away can be bought, sold, and given away under the guise of 'security', or the deceptive 'Patriot Act' yada yada. Microsot themself admit they are powerless to intervene.
This is your portfolio. This is your digital footprint. It goes way beyond revealing your real name and sex (itself a ridiculously crass violation of privacy), and into something far more sinister. The corporations will use and sell this information because information is power, and bit by bit this is their means of becoming even more powerful than they already are. These corporations are in bed with the offshore bankers, the capitalists and the globalists who now own our debt, and giving away our privacy like this would not be feasible unless it was done any other way.
I don't want any Tom, Dick or Harry having access to this kind of information. I don't want other people, especially the young and the nieve, as to put such faith in this technology as to forfeit their privacy, and those of future generations just because someone can sell it. This is how we get the likes of Obama in office..people are sold on an idea by the same people who talk about freedoms, and liberties, but when it's too late people realize these are the same people taking them away from us. This might seem paranoid and alarmist but I stand by what I say 100%. Google demonises hackers who allegedly breach privacy and give away private details like hot-cakes..then seemingly goes about doing the exact same thing - and on a much, much larger scale.
Scepticism of governments and corporations is healthy. Giving away your personal information to an unknown corporate entity is suicide. I think one should be very concerned about this.