Google’s top security teams unilaterally shut down a counterterrorism operation (Technology Review)

Technology review covers
the controversy that has resulted from Google's disclosure
and fixing of a number of security vulnerabilities being exploited by
Western intelligence agencies. 'Instead of focusing on who was
behind and targeted by a specific operation, Google decided to take broader
action for everyone. The justification was that even if a Western
government was the one exploiting those vulnerabilities today, it will
eventually be used by others, and so the right choice is always to fix the
flaw today.'