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Google+ Bug Exposes Non-Public Profile Data for 52 Million Users

posted by takyon on Wednesday December 12 2018, @03:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the social-servers dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Google+ bug exposes non-public profile data for 52 million users

Two months after disclosing an error that exposed the private profile data of almost 500,000 Google+ users, Google on Monday revealed a new leak that affects more than 52 million people. The programming interface bug allowed developers to access names, ages, email addresses, occupations, and a wealth of other personal details even when they were set to be nonpublic.

The bug was introduced in a release that went live at an undisclosed date in November and was fixed a week later, Google officials said in a blog post. During the time the bug was active, developers of apps that requested permission to view profile information that a user had added to their Google+ profile received permission to view profile information about that user even when the details were set to not-public. What's more, apps with access to users' Google+ profile data had permission to access non-public profile data that other Google+ users shared with the consenting user. In all, the post said, 52.5 million users are affected.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @06:06PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @06:06PM (#773570)

    You want guarantees? Sign a goddamn contract.

    Otherwise, caveat emptor.

    If you're embarrassed by your poorly shaped body, quit walking around naked on your front porch.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by maxwell demon on Wednesday December 12 2018, @08:26PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Wednesday December 12 2018, @08:26PM (#773651) Journal

    You think if you stop walking, your body shape gets better? :-)

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.

  • (Score: 2) by ilsa on Thursday December 13 2018, @08:07PM

    by ilsa (6082) on Thursday December 13 2018, @08:07PM (#774110)

    Typical Anonymous Cower talking out of their ass.

    I have zero control of the data that Google hoovers in. Google does not give you the option to sign such a contract with them. If I had a lawyer write up such a contract, would _Google_ sign it? No, they wouldn't.

    So what are my options then, dumbass? Sue a multi billion dollar company that has more lawyers than I have cells in my body?