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Google Shuttering Google+ for Consumers After Undisclosed Data Exposure
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Show us the source directly from Google that says this specifically. I'm not spreading any misinformation, just stating what I've seen and heard. It's what's been posted out there on the internet. For all we know mainstream media is misinformation as well, but yet some people seem to believe it.
Again, the problems with using a company that makes the bulk of its revenue on “information”. The perfect example of why to stay clear of Google and their products. The conflict of interest for a company that thrives on its user’s personal data and personal habits is should be clear.
I'm an iOS fanboy, but I use Google services and products. I've recommended their services and products to friends and family, defended their business model on this site, and truly believe neither they, nor their business model is 'evil'.
However, things like this is what makes it so hard sometimes to see how they survive in the long run when the world, with very good reason, is becoming more and more concerned about how the misuse of their data can and has led to them being bit on the butt.
DuckDuckGo is an excellent search engine in its own right and, if you do want to search Google you can search pretend your search in DDG with a “!g” and it will search Google for you, while shielding your information. Thousands of other “bangs” too https://duckduckgo.com/bang
Anyway, on-topic. Between the incident in this article and this https://www.inquisitr.com/4968901/g...ssages-in-yet-another-breach-of-user-privacy/ you are pretty much giving up on any ethical or truthful use of your information if you use Google services. Google allowed both its own employees and third parties to read your mail. We’re not talking AI here, actual people reading your mail.
Thanks for this valuable tip! I had no idea you can do that! That makes DDG even more awesome!
Gotta go out with a bang.
Also, who had personal data on their Google+ profiles?
Also, lol:
[doublepost=1539050250][/doublepost]I wouldn't mind a DoA social network existing if they didn't double down on it several times. It got to the point where every Google/YouTube login redirected users through G+, and YouTube merged with it. WTF were they thinking?
Also, who had personal data on their Google+ profiles?
Also, lol:
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[doublepost=1539050250][/doublepost]I wouldn't mind a DoA social network existing if they didn't double down on it several times. It got to the point where every Google/YouTube login redirected users through G+, and YouTube merged with it. WTF were they thinking?
Avoiding to show leaked information for 3 long years to avoid legal investigation or interest into the issue??!! Is that even LEGAL?!
Now 10mths for accounts to be closed?!
How much more of this bafoon like reasoning and lack of action from Google is their users still going to take for ‘free’ services as them (users) as the product?!
First of all, this was a bug, not a leak. There was no evidence of leaked info, but they should have told everyone the moment it was discovered.
They didn't find the bug until this year, a few months ago. No news source I can find is clear on this. Did they announce it late? Did someone leak the secret?
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They're probably more responsible than the smaller ones that have no media or government watching them. Maybe some nonprofit org with actually altruistic purpose would be more trustworthy, but the rest would definitely never disclose this bug ever.
Tbh I'd use DuckDuckGo if it weren't 2008 tech.
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No, because it wasn't a breach. But it very well could have been.
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If only deleting the app truly deleted the User Data not just data on the phone!!!
The whole Google ecosystem is terribly fragmented. Is it as bad with Apple and all of it's services?
Apple's ecosystem is much tighter but also smaller.
Probably so. But the law these days exists to be selectively applied. It is more likely to be applied to some small competitor of a big company like Google. That is why these laws exist. They make it harder to compete due to the cost of keeping up with the law.
Of course not. Google commits malfeasance all the time. But you find one small emoji glitch on iOS, and Apple is burninated by the tech press instantly.
You won’t regret it. It’s a great search engine in and of itself and you’re only two characters away from an anonymized google search if you ever have doubts.
That "Don't be evil" tagline has long been abandoned.Yes, but remember "Don't be Evil" -
[doublepost=1539053572][/doublepost]Let's see how many tech bloggers and youtubers would be "outraged" about this. Probably none. They are still holding their erections for the Pixel 3 announcement.
And BEAUTYGATE!!!!
This is just their social media product!
And to think that there are millions of people out there who use an entire OS from Google!
And to think that there are millions of people out there who use an entire OS from Google!