Why G+ Is Shutting Down
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471969)
Switzerland
January 31, 2019 2:03am CST
I have read a post from @youless this morning, where she informed that Google+ is shutting down. Some user think it's a hoax.
Well, it's not a hoax at all and it's a very serious matter that should concern those who had an account.
The past month of December, Google revealed that a serious security flaw "could have" exposed the users profile information (names, email addresses, ages and so on), this for about 52.5 million account, this violating their privacy.
Unable to fix the bug, the company announced the shut down of the site for August 2019. As recently they had an additional security flaw, they anticipated the shut down that for the month of April 2019.
If you feel concerned, cancel your profile now, do not wait until April 2019.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
31 Jan 19
where will all those personal info go after they shut it down? will it be completely unaccessible to anyone and everyone?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
1 Feb 19
@LadyDuck but can anyone undo that to sell the data?
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
1 Feb 19
@hereandthere You know there is something that we must keep in mind. Once we publish something on the Internet, if it is accessible, could be accessible to hackers. To be safe, never give our REAL data.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
2 Feb 19
@sugartoes It's only one of their services that was not bringing them money, so they close it up, nothing to worry about. They make money with YouTube.
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
31 Jan 19
I don't have one there..Security concerns are bad for a person
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
31 Jan 19
@LadyDuck I definitely would. Now like you I am thinking I should give wrong dates of days etc in future
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 19
@responsiveme I never give my exact birthday date and year, it's just to avoid to have my data used by others.
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@Nickzter1331 (4229)
• Philippines
31 Jan 19
dont have G+. only gmail. i hope they will fix it soon.
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
31 Jan 19
I found G+ useful for generating traffic to my blog but I won't really miss it if it goes
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
31 Jan 19
Yes I also knew about this since last fall but I have never been active on that platform I mostly justed lurk over there.
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