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

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Allowed partner apps to access its users' private data.

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