Monday, October 8, 2018

ITP V.018 TECH: GOOGLE + CHANGES?

GOOGLE sent out a (vague reference)  press release today stating GOOGLE + for consumers will be shut down by AUGUST of 2019 as user information had been exposed via a bug.




GOOGLE allegedly did a bug fix in MARCH of 2018.
ITP is NOT sure if the GOOGLE + shutdown would adversely effect GOOGLE + social networking or and BLOGSPOT.  However, after reading multiple news sources, it sounds like GOOGLE + as a social network could be shutdown. BLOGSPOT consolidated with GOOGLE + in 2010 and substantially in 2012.

This is sad news indeed. 

Most of ITP user engagement and hits come from GOOGLE +.
Throwing the "baby out with the bathwater" makes no sense and you would have to wonder about GOOGLE'S commitment to GOOGLE +.


ITP is running a (private) '"mirror blog" on s separate server (as I need to update that project).



https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/technology/google-plus-security-disclosure.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/tech/google-plus-security/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/08/google-plus-security-breach-wall-street-journal

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-