In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 08:47:17
on Sat, 15 May 2010, Ibrahim Hasan <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Google has admitted that for the past three years it has wrongly
>collected information people have sent over unencrypted wi-fi networks.
>
>The issue came to light after German authorities asked to audit the
>data the company's Street View cars gathered as they took photos viewed
>on Google maps.
>
>Google said during a review it found it had "been mistakenly collecting
>samples of payload data from open networks"
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/wifi-data-collection-update.html
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Roland Perry
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