Topic: Google Releases Wi-Fi Sniffing Audit

[sam]

In the wake of the controversy surrounding its Street View data collection processes, Google has published an independent audit of its practices, prompting a London-based privacy group to accuse Google of a 'criminal act.' The report provided some more in-depth, technical details (PDF) about what Google has already admitted to doing: storing wireless data packet information that was collected over unencrypted networks. According to the report, Street View cars collect data sent over wireless networks, and associate this information with data from a GPS unit in the vehicles. The technology used, known as gslite, then parses and stores certain identifying information about these wireless networks to a hard drive. That information includes the MAC address and the SSID amongst other things like e-mails addresses and browser history.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/11/153242/Google-Releases-Wi-Fi-Sniffing-Audit

[Simon]

They really are in deep s**t over this, and deservedly so, in my opinion.

[Rik]

Let's hope the authorities around we world descend on them hard.

[Simon]

Bloody shakes!   

[Rik]

I was being royal. 

[Simon]

[Clive]

It's a disgrace!