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Posted by anon

- October 14, 2018, 16:29:45

Google+ was NOT hacked. They found a software bug that was not actually used by anybody for any nefarious purposes.

Makes a big different difference when considering data protection laws. Once you think about it, you realize this was a fairly commonplace security bug patch, and Google made a big deal about it so people would accept the service shutdown more readily.

Posted by ED

- October 14, 2018, 12:08:17

About 90% of Google's income comes from marketing (mostly Adwords or Adsense). They have a history of creating and shutting down other services that don't directly serve marketing. Even if now they will maintain + for business partners, they don't seem to be a reliable business IT partner.

Posted by Redaktion

- October 13, 2018, 17:47:54

Google has admitted that its social media app, Google+, has been hacked. This data theft has affected approximately half a million profiles. The users in question may have had many points of important user data extracted from their Google accounts.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-to-shut-down-following-hacking-revelation.338178.0.html