Google+ social media platform to be killed following privacy flaw revelations

October 9, 2018 10:12

Google knew about a privacy flaw in its Google+ social media platform that exposed users’ personal information for over six months before finally reporting the problem in a blog post this morning.

In the post, Google announced it was closing down the service after the Wall Street Journal revealed the company had known about the bug, which affected all Google+ users, since March this year.

Google+ was heavily promoted after its 2011 launch, in the hope of overtaking Facebook in the early days of social media.

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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2 COMMENTS

Matt P 9 Oct 18

lol. what’s Google+?

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Alex 10 Oct 18

A social media platform, similar to Facebook. Superior to Facebook in some ways, and Facebook was definitely inspired by Google+ allowing users to control the audience their content went to (“friends lists”).

When you think about the crap we’re left with – Twitter (which is awful) and Facebook (which never listens to its customers), any alternative sounds good.

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