Google+ will shut down earlier than announced due to another API bug and possible data leak
This discovery has also prompted Google to shut down the affected API in 90 days from now and Google+ for consumers four months earlier than expected, that is in April 2019 instead of August of the same year.We’ve recently determined that some users were impacted by a software update introduced in November that contained a bug affecting a Google+ API. We discovered this bug as part of our standard and ongoing testing procedures and fixed it within a week of it being introduced. No third party compromised our systems, and we have no evidence that the app developers that inadvertently had this access for six days were aware of it or misused it in any way.
With the discovery of this new bug, we have decided to expedite the shut-down of all Google+ APIs; this will occur within the next 90 days. In addition, we have also decided to accelerate the sunsetting of consumer Google+ from August 2019 to April 2019.
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