I've long thought that these notification mechanisms are bad for privacy&security, and that the platform vendors either didn't care enough, or wanted to exploit

I've long thought that these notification mechanisms are bad for privacy&security, and that the platform vendors either didn't care enough, or wanted to exploit the information themselves. > said an investigation had revealed that the Justice Department had prohibited Apple and Google from discussing the technique. That could complicate having a discussion about the problem. Also, guessing from the quote that, even if a platform vendor wanted to fix this privacy&security problem, they'd be asked or compelled not to. (Side note: Occasionally, you see an epic bug report or support thread with lots of people incredulous about why something isn't being fixed, and the vendor is silent. I usually guess that the inaction and silence is due to corporate triage, misalignment, or dysfunction, and that no one has the guts/decency to respond to all the people. The quote above suggests that the true explanation for silence by the platform vendor on a particular bug/support ticket could actually be that the paranoid conspiracy theorists guessed correctly.)