Google is shutting down Google+ following massive data exposure

Following a massive data breach first reported on by The Wall Street Journal, *Google announced today that it is shutting down its social network Google+ for consumers*. The company finally admitted that Google+ never received the broad adoption or engagement with users that it had hoped for -- according to a blog post, 90 percent of Google+ user sessions last for less than five seconds. In light of these newly revealed security concerns with Google+'s API, the company has opted to put it out of its misery rather than try and make the social network more secure. Google is shutting down Google+ following massive data exposure Google has announced the end of the Google+ social network. https://engt.co/2OIOsCM

Google has announced the end of the Google+ social network.

from https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/08/google-shutting-down-google-plus/?sr_source=Facebook in Darshan Bhambiru