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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.

Original Submission

1. "MrPlow" - https://soylentnews.org/~MrPlow/
2. "Google+ bug exposes non-public profile data for 52 million users" - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/google-bug-exposes-non-public-profile-data-for-52-million-users/
3. "error that exposed the private profile data of almost 500,000 Google+ users" - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/google-exposed-non-public-data-for-500k-users-then-kept-it-quiet/
4. "blog post" - https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/expediting-changes-google-plus/
5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/politics/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=30557

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