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Google fined just 145,000 euro in Wi-Fi data collection case

article published on 23 April, 2013

Search engine giant has been fined 145,000 euros ($189,230) by German regulators following a long-standing case over Wi-Fi data collecting by their Street View cars. In 2008 through 2010, the cars captured the data from unsecured networks while driving through taking pictures for their Google Maps/Street View service. Data included emails, passwords and even photos. "In my view, this ... [ read the full article ]

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SomeBozo
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23. April 2013 @ 22:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm confused if G00GLE says, Google has always maintained they never used the data, nor stored it anywhere or ever viewed it.

Then why ever capture any data?



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24. April 2013 @ 02:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They work for the government. Google and FB probably gives your info to the FBI or NSA or something. I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
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25. April 2013 @ 12:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by SomeBozo:
I'm confused if G00GLE says, Google has always maintained they never used the data, nor stored it anywhere or ever viewed it.

Then why ever capture any data?



Indeed, they have to be lying.

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

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