Google hid major Google+ security flaw that exposed users’ personal information

Post by tjoff » Tue, Oct 09, 2018, 7:49 AM UTC

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #21

tjoff wrote: post #16

What annoys me is that I never wanted google+. Google et al constantly try to force you into their systems, for a while you had to have a google+ account to be able to use hangouts. So when I had to use hangouts I felt it necessary to create a dummy-account that I only used for hangouts (and tried my best to ensure my google+-profile was as locked down as possible). Thanks for that one! I'm terrified every time there…

I you use Android, you should always use a separate (dummy) Google account for it. It is equally important to use non-Google apps for Google services such as Gmail and YouTube, otherwise they'll link your accounts anyway.

Post by dvfjsdhgfv » Tue, Oct 09, 2018, 11:33 AM UTC

cmroanirgo wrote: post #23

tjoff wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've got a separate google account for pretty much each google service I use. Which isn't much, the only one of value is my android-account that manage my app-store purchases. Unfortunately, yes, it is trivial for google to link the accounts together. But I truly doubt they would do that, and they can not be certain that just because they are used on the same device that they have the same owner. But the trick is to…

> If google started require a phone number linked to the accounts Google now requires a phone number when creating a new google account - I wanted to make a new one yesterday... and decided not to make one after all.