re: #50 Belafon

So, basically, what we got now, except more people would have known whow could have possibly leaked it?

My hypotheticals are about how there’s not really a good answer in this case.

Well, it depends. Do you think that people might potentially type information into secure government websites that could be used for identity theft? I do. Therefore, I would think that getting those systems patched is worth the potential risk by increasing the number of people who know ahead of time.

It’s not like a memo would have been sent out to every government worker about it. Those system administrators who are involved would have been alerted and able to make the appropriate updates ahead of time - and because these are people who understand the implications, they’re also less likely to leak about it.

Really, the takeaway here is that Google is concerned about your online security only at their sites. They really don’t give a fig about you the rest of the time you’re on the Internet and in fact, they’d like to track you a whole lot more closely than the NSA does.