Re:Google staff 'knew of wi-fi snooping'
by eli on Monday April 30, 2012 @10:19AM
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Ugh, I hate this whole story.
Digital privacy is a really important issue. There are debates we should be having about this stuff, as a society. Google accidentally capturing some stray packets from unsecured wifi is not one of them.
Re:Google staff 'knew of wi-fi snooping'
by eli on Monday April 30, 2012 @12:01PM
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They definitely use WiFi data for geolocation. I'm pretty sure that was one of the primary reasons their streetview cars were collecting wifi in the first palce.
Digital privacy is a really important issue. There are debates we should be having about this stuff, as a society. Google accidentally capturing some stray packets from unsecured wifi is not one of them.