> During the life of this bug, since the official bug ticket was not too responsive, I sometimes got some semi-official information from Googlers. I actually prefer to only get updates on the official channel, which is the bug ticket and which I can disclose, but since I was talking with some employees, I picked up on bits and pieces.
This is going to be one if the uncounted casualties of a downturn in tech and layoffs. When the organization is in turmoil, and the tenured folks have left out the backdoor, security flaws are going to remain open for a lot longer
Turmoil isn't a good description of Google right now, though. It's far from healthy, but it has avoided mass layoffs so far, and the bug was filed in June.
This is going to be one if the uncounted casualties of a downturn in tech and layoffs. When the organization is in turmoil, and the tenured folks have left out the backdoor, security flaws are going to remain open for a lot longer