[kwlug-disc] [OT] Google sniffing wifi, collecting emails and passwords.

[Raul Suarez]

To be clear.

The real news that get lost in the rubbish: Capturing the MAC address of my router for location aware services.

I found invasive to know my general location based on IP. Now, knowing my precise address based on MAC? Great for stalkers, and other nasty creatures.

Raul Suarez

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--- On Mon, 6/21/10, Insurance Squared Inc. <gcooke at insurancesquared.com> wrote:

> From: Insurance Squared Inc. <gcooke at insurancesquared.com>
> Subject: [kwlug-disc] [OT] Google sniffing wifi, collecting emails and passwords.
> To: "KWLUG discussion" <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> Received: Monday, June 21, 2010, 3:00 PM
> I figured this would be of interest
> to the tech folks.  Google's much loved streetview cars
> that drove around snapping pictures inside people's houses
> got nailed for also sniffing everyone's wifi, right down to
> the mac address.  Now it turns out they also collected
> email addresses and passwords:
> 
> http://www.infoworld.com/d/networking/googles-street-view-wi-fi-data-included-passwords-email-679?utm_medium=gri.ms-twitter&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=twitterfeed
> 
> Google's response seems to be that it was an
> accident.  Which I can appreciate and understand,
> because that's how my wife got pregnant with our kids. 
> Both of them.
> 
> g.
> 
> 
> 
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