Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Google Admits its Street View Cars Violated People’s Privacy, Pays $7 Million fine


Did you think Google’s Street View cars only took pictures of your neighborhood? We did too, but as it turns out, they took a lot more than just photographs.

A three-year-long privacy investigation involving Google’s Street View cars revealed some disturbing information. Between 2008 and 2010, Google’s cars collected passwords, e-mails, medical and financial records and other private information from home wireless networks. Basically, Google’s cars sucked in all information available on unencrypted wireless networks…

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