FTC Ends Probe of Google StreetView Privacy Breach

GovTechGuy writes "The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wrote to Google on Wednesday to end its probe into a major privacy breach in which the company collected and stored private user information, such as passwords and entire e-mails, without even realizing it after the search giant promised to improve its privacy practices."

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I'm sure that...

[Bill_the_Engineer]

I'm sure that Eric Schmidt being Barrack Obama's "informal" technology advisor had nothing to do with it.

They didn't *get caught*

[DrYak]

Gee, we got caught; better do it differently next time.

Well, the fact is, Google discovered the abnormal storage themselves. And reported it immediately.
Storing that data was not their intention, only making a map of SSIDs.

It's not like they where planning to keep this data and profit by re-selling it to marketeers (FaceBook, I'm looking at you !)

I stay with my belief :
- The clueless users who don't secure their network are the problem.
- Even if Google did got punished, this won't suddenly make the clueless users less vulnerable to anyone with bad intentions.
- And, if the next recording guy is a bad guy, it's very unlikely that he'll report himself. He'll just run away unnoticed with the data, and try to sell it.

Re:Still being Sued by Canada

[WillAffleckUW]

See, in other countries - like say, Canada or the UK or the EU - corporations aren't People. And they have no rights.