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Google Knew About Heartbleed and Didn't Tell the US Government

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ObserverArt4/15/2014 7:13:09 pm PDT

re: #44 Belafon

what would they have done with that information except make it public? Sit on it, and rightfully be accused of witholding information? Pass it to the companies they know can keep a secret, which, when people find out, will really blow their minds: “The government is sharing secrets with companies but not the American people.”

Well, that is all good, but there is still the fact that it is a security issue no matter what.

I guess maybe I must be too old school. Sometimes you do what you see as the right thing to do and deal with the fallout as it comes with the truth.

So, they tell the government, and then it is up to the government to deal with it. If it comes out publicly, then you explain why it was being withheld as a security problem. Then you tell the truth to the public and explain if it was made public before being fixed then anyone could hack it. Again, old school…tell the truth, deal with it in a logical manner.

That’s all I have.

By the way…what agency would be the best to notify? Would it be the NSA? Would it be the FBI? Anyone?