Been so long since I used G+, I forgot I had one.
Unlinked and deleted G+ profile.
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Google Shuttering Google+ for Consumers After Undisclosed Data Exposure
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Guess we know why they decided to drop their motto:
Don't Be Evil.
Don't Be Evil.
Yes, but remember "Don't be Evil" -
What did any of that have to do with being Evil???
"Don't be evil" is a motto used within Google's corporate code of conduct. Following Google's corporate restructuring under the conglomerate Alphabet Inc. in October 2015, Alphabet took "Do the right thing" as its motto, also forming the opening of its corporate code of conduct.
I really wonder about the integrity of the Google leadership. they should have disclosed the breach as soon as it was fixed. they should not have blamed the breach for the demise of google+. google+ died because nobody wanted it, not because it was insecure. Google management has always been creepy and now we know dishonest.
<s> Oh no, someone's going to find all that stuff I posted to Google+ </s>
Seriously, though, Google is just crying out to be regulated much much more closely -- and/or straight up broken up like AT&T.
Seriously, though, Google is just crying out to be regulated much much more closely -- and/or straight up broken up like AT&T.
They found no evidence that any data was actually misused. That doesn't mean they can prove the data was not accessed by someone.
Well, they are "doing the right thing" to make lots of money regardless of the consequences, so I guess that motto is pretty apt.
Like many of Google's names for new products or services, I had never had any idea what Google+ or what it could do for me. And I was not interested in investing the time to try and find out.
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I'm sorry. But I'm confused by this statement. I thought Cambridge Analytica purchased data from Facebook and then misused the data. It sounds like Google inadvertently allowed customers' who were purchasing this service to see the users' personal data.
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I'm sorry. But I'm confused by this statement. I thought Cambridge Analytica purchased data from Facebook and then misused the data. It sounds like Google inadvertently allowed customers' who were purchasing this service to see the users' personal data.
Agreed. All I'm saying is that the rule doesn't appear, on its face, to require disclosure unless they know it's been accessed. The fact that it might have been accessed might not be enough.
I hope Facebook will get shutdown once and for all as well. Another "front" platform that they market to the world as "social media", more like social engineering.
Google has tarnished their reputation. Every time I think of Google, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, LinkedIn, I think about these sort of articles about them. It's best to take a stand for and fight back for our rights and boycott these companies.
There needs to be a class action lawsuit against Google for this. Especially, since they make "serious" claims that they care about user privacy with a straight face.
[doublepost=1539034485][/doublepost]I don't know of anyone who willingly and knowingly has ever used Google plus after the first month or so ... even when Google tricks you to set up a Google Plus profile (how were they getting away with THAT?)![]()
The Google+ social network that Google introduced back in 2011 suffered a major data breach that Google opted not to disclose to the public, reports The Wall Street Journal.![googleplus.jpg]()
A Google+ software glitch provided outside developers with the ability to access private Google+ profile data from 2015 to March 2018. In the spring of this year, internal investigators discovered the issue and fixed it.
The problem was caused by a bug in a Google+ API designed to let app developers access profile and contact information about the people who signed up to use their apps. Google found that Google+ was also allowing developers to access the data of users who had their profiles set to private. Up to 438 apps had access to customer data.In an internal memo, Google's legal staff recommended against disclosing the bug because it would invite "immediate regulatory interest" and result in a comparison to Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Data from hundreds of thousands of users was potentially accessible, but Google did not discover misuse of the data by outside developers. Exposed data included names, email addresses, birth dates, gender, profile photos, places lived, occupation, and relationship status.
Phone numbers, email messages, timeline posts, and direct messages were not accessible.
As a result of the breach, Google today announced that it is shutting down Google+ for consumers and introducing new privacy measures. According to Google, it put together a privacy task force called Project Strobe at the beginning of the year to review the company's APIs.
Buried in a long document describing all of the privacy changes being implemented, Google confirms that a Google+ bug made private Google+ content accessible to developers.
Google explains that it did not opt to disclose information on the breach back in March because there was no evidence of misuse and no action a developer or user could take in response.Google is planning to shut down Google+ over a 10-month period, with the social network set to be sunset next August.
In addition to shutting down Google+, Google is introducing several other privacy improvements. More granular controls will be provided for granting Google Account data to third-party apps, and Google is going to limit the number of apps that have access to consumer Gmail data.
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For Android users, Google will limit the apps able to access Call Log and SMS permissions on Android devices, and contact interaction data will no longer be available through the Android Contacts API.
Google's full list of privacy changes can be found in its new Project Strobe blog post.
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Someone would have to be a fool to use any new google product. They all get cancelled. What has google done since gmail that wasn't shut down?
Especially while exposing competitors’ bugs via Project Zero. Talk about slimy!