re: #9 Belafon

Actually, I kind of agree with Google withholding the announcement in order to create a fix and begin patching. Announcing a flaw like this before a fix was implemented really would have made it worse. Rather than waiting for people to patch, we would be waiting for an implementation and a patch.

My comment was sort of two part.

First the government. I think Google should have notified them just out of national security issues. I don’t tie that in with it being made public. So I agree with you to a point. If they didn’t tell the government out of politics, even worse.

Second…the public. I agree, find a fix and then let them know. But, in the fast pace tech world and the security politics right now, the chance of points being scored and dollars made, no matter what they did. So sales talk and PR will be in play for other tech businesses and coders, etc. to pounce. It could cause them some business and nick their name.

Due to the whole NSA thing, the public is just plain scared of their computers now. This will feed that fear at Google’s expense. The government knows and fears that too.