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cameronbrown
on July 16, 2019
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Thiel Urges U.S. Probe of Google's 'Seemingly Trea...
Google+ was never hacked, but there was a dodgy API endpoint that let you view profile data set to private.
AmericanChopper
on July 16, 2019
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So it wasn’t hacked, it just had an exploitable end point, that was exploited?
qtplatypus
on July 16, 2019
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It had an exploitable end point that wasn’t exploited and google shut down G+ rather then let it become exploited.
cameronbrown
on July 16, 2019
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My theory is that it was less embarrassing than saying they failed so spectacularly. A shame really.
qtplatypus
on July 17, 2019
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I suspect that fixing the bug would have cost more then G+ was making them. Which is a pity because the world needed a nonfacebook social media platform.
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