This is a story of the two best ever known Public Privacy Busters in the history of mankind, the Google and the NSA. One known for eavesdropping  on all possible personal communication over the internet and the other, the spy agency known for the mass surveillance of American citizens.

The National Security Agency is widely understood to have the government’s biggest and smartest collection of geeks — the guys that are more skilled at network warfare than just about anyone on the planet. So, in a sense, it’s only natural that Google would turn to the NSA after the company was hit by an ultrasophisticated hack attack.

The news that Google has turned to the NSA for help in the aftermath of the attack on their systems has earned mixed reactions both on and offline. Pundits have come out on both sides of the fence, but the ultimate question is, should the average consumer worry about this team-up?

Ellen Nakashima, a reporter for the Washington Post, broke the Google/NSA story on page one of Thursday’s edition of the paper. Anonymous sources reported to the Post that while details need to be finalized, Google and the NSA will be working together and developing an information assurance program.

The negotiations for the moment have been going slowly, as the NSA would clearly need access to and understanding of Google’s infrastructure in order to fully evaluate the attacks and future risks. And that’s precisely the sort of proprietary information that Google is presumably reluctant to provide anyone with—even a highly secretive organization like the NSA.

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