Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of NetStumbler

Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by fiaz on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @12:59AM (#3913071)

I'm surprised that you think the smelling analogy is valid. There is nothing really at stake with letting the aroma from my kitchen waft onto the street aside from maybe what's in the meal I've prepared.

Personal information is a different matter. It's perfectly reasonable to take issue with Google for taking people's data without their knowledge about it.

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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by jarcoal on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:11AM (#3913113)

Personal information becomes public when it's not properly secured and then broadcasted out into the world... even if the user doesn't understand it's happening.

I agree that it's not a perfect analogy, but it is quite a bit closer than being robbed, as the the OP suggested.

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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by whackberry on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:36AM (#3913162)

> Personal information becomes public when it's not properly secured

Really? Do you have any idea how wrong that statement is?

So if a song is played in public, it becomes public?

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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by dantheman on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @11:02AM (#3914627)

Are you arguing that I shouldn't be able to record audio on the street if someone is playing a song in the background?

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