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royce on Oct 9, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of ...

Yep, that was exactly why (or at least, very strong circumstantial evidence):

https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/websearch/H4XbbwWmtAY...

I don't think it was ever officially announced/admitted anywhere, though. But it was exactly around the time that Google+ was rolled out.

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