From PC Mag: Google is speeding up its plans to shut down the consumer version of Google+ following the discovery of a second user data leak.
On Monday, the Web giant revealed it recently discovered a new bug, which may have exposed the personal information of 52.5 million Google+ users. Affecting a Google+ API, that flaw was introduced as part of a November software update. It may have allowed app developers to access certain "not-public" information on users' profiles—including names, email addresses, occupations, ages, and more—over a six-day period, G Suite VP of Product Management David Thacker wrote in a blog post.
In addition, "apps with access to a user's Google+ profile data also had access to the profile data that had been shared with the consenting user by another Google+ user but that was not shared publicly," Thacker wrote.
In light of this second epic fail, Google is now scrambling to sunset the unpopular social network and all Google+ APIs. The company now says it will shut down the consumer version of Google+ in April 2019, four months earlier than originally planned, and get rid of all Google+ APIs within the next 90 days.
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