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Re:Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gateke... by doctor_eval on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:27AM (#36859096)
Does that also give you the right to sniff their network and steal their email passwords?
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Re:Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gateke... by dumpsterdiver on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:43PM (#36872148)
No it doesn't. Imo, that would be both poor etiquette, and a violation of trust.

While I do remember hearing about Google Maps vehicles connecting to open WiFi networks in the news, I don't recall hearing about private credentials being published. Was that the case? I thought it was just a map of open WiFi networks that was published with basic details such as SSID?

Edit: I found the article (2010, holy cow does time fly). It looks like they did collect payload data for non-encrypted traffic. Even though the data wasn't published in any way, I must agree that they went too far. I would have no issue if they were to simply verify that they could connect and record basic info such as SSID, but collecting payload data from network requests was inappropriate.

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