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Google Audits Street View Data Systems

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-meant-to-do-that dept.

schliz writes "Google's plans to upgrade to high-definition Street View in Australia are on hold until it completes a rigorous internal audit of the processes, it announced today. The company is currently being investigated by international regulators about possible privacy breaches when it became known that its Street View vehicles were capturing not only publicly available SSIDs and MAC addresses, but also samples of payload data transmitted over these networks."

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  1. Privacy breeches? Sign me up! by kyz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm also interested in privacy galoshes, privacy longjohns and privacy jodhpurs

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    Does my bum look big in this?
  2. Re:this is gonna be interesting by D+Ninja · · Score: 2, Funny

    On his journey to Philadelphia as first president, Washington had to detour around several tarpits (oil) to get there.

    Hey! Quit picking on New Jersey!