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After exposing half a million users’ private data
By Martin Giles [MIT Technology Review]
Google kept quiet for months about a security flaw that exposed private information of up to half a million users of its Google+ social network.
The cover up: According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Google discovered a bug in Google+ code in March and fixed it, but decided not to reveal its existence. An internal Google memo showed that executives were worried about the damage the news would do to Google’s reputation at a time when Facebook was under fire for mishandling customer data in the Cambridge Analytica affair.
The bug: It had been around since 2015 and was found in code that lets third-party app developers access publicly available Google+ profile data about a user and their connections, with the user’s permission. The glitch meant developers could access private details about people’s friends too, for example their email addresses, birthdays, and relationship statuses. Google has now shut off consumer access to Google+.
The consequences: The cover up will put even more pressure on policymakers to scrutinize the power of big tech companies and their grip over our data. It will also fuel attempts by privacy activists to get tougher laws in place to force companies to reveal actual and potential data leaks, such as Europe’s new data protection regime.
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