Epic has passed along the witness — but not before pointing out that Google tipped off a security reporter for Wired, in addition to Android Central, and that Kleidermacher could not recall another time that Google tipped off a reporter in addition to releasing a blog post about a vulnerability.

(As a reporter, I can tell you that reporters are tipped off all the time about all sorts of things, but that good reporters only chase worthy stories and don’t let companies steer them.)