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Google Grabbed Locations of Phones, PCs

Posted by Soulskill on from the gift-that-keeps-on-giving dept.

1800maxim writes "As it turns out, Google didn't only grab the hotspot SSIDs and MAC addresses with its Street View cars. As this article at CNET notes, Google also recorded location data of computers using wireless cards, as well as cell phones and other Wi-Fi devices. Google's explanation is that the data collection was accidental, and they declined to answer further questions from CNET."

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  1. Re:Outrage by mekkab · · Score: 1, Funny

    Peter Cetera is involved with google? CARNALLY?!

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  2. Re:Did Google forget...? by Noughmad · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, they didn't. They just redefined the meaning of 'evil'.

    Pray they don't redefine it any further

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