NEWS: Google accused of criminal intent over StreetView data

John Navas · 2010-06-10T01:22:03+00:00

Google is "almost certain" to face prosecution for collecting datafrom unsecured wi-fi networks, according to Privacy International(PI).The search giant has been under scrutiny for collecting wi-fi data aspart of its StreetView project.Google has released an independent audit of the rogue code, which ithas claimed was included in the StreetView software by mistake.But PI is convinced the audit proves "criminal intent"."The independent audit of the Google system shows that the system usedfor the wi-fi collection intentionally separated out unencryptedcontent (payload data) of communications and systematically wrote thisdata to hard drives. This is equivalent to placing a hard tap and adigital recorder onto a phone wire without consent or authorisation,"said PI in a statement.This would put Google at odds with the interception laws of the 30countries that the system was used in, it added.MORE:

Jun 10, 2010 44 Replies

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Nemesis 16 years ago

I sleep with a twelve bore and a 9mm. Nobody's going to accuse me of stupidity when I get a break-in. PS ... on my tenth wife. I TELL them to whisper "it's me" when they go to the bathroom, but in the end they always forget ....

BTW, you don't need to collect the emails and passwords to map MAC addresses for the NSA. Airodump with the write option set to csv collects the mac, no content at all. They'll have to think of a better excuse. []'s

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Malcolm Hoar 16 years ago

It's not like they have any more pressing issues that need attention... sigh.

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John Richards 16 years ago

That's how they divert the public's attention from the real crises. As a famous poet once said, "'Give them bread and circuses and they will = never revolt."

--=20 John Richards

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