Google+'s First Privacy Error for the Social Network Platform

Barely out of the incubator, Google+ has experienced its first major privacy complaint. The Financial Times discovered a loophole. There is a slight bug where users “reshare” any content with anyone. Even if the Circle is private, users can still “reshare” anyone’s content.

Barely out of the incubator, Google+ has experienced its first major privacy complaint. The Financial Times are the ones who discovered the error and reported it. There is a slight bug where users “reshare” any content with anyone. Even if the Circle is private, users can still “reshare” anyone’s content.

Mark Weinberger at ZDnet reported the way the error works is that anyone can take any content in your stream such as photos of someone else and post it on a “Family’s Circle”.

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