Google+ shutdown speeds up, new privacy bug affected 52.5 million users

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Google+ shutdown speeds up, new privacy bug affected 52.5 million users

Allowed partner apps to access its users' private data.

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it would shut down its Google+ social media service in April, four months ahead of schedule, after finding a software flaw for the second time this year that allowed partner apps to access its users' private data. However, Google said in a blog post that it ...

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