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OpenStreetMap Reports Data Vandalism From Google-Owned IPs

Posted by timothy on from the yes-but-where-are-the-perps dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Following reports of misconduct by Google employees in Kenya and India, It has been found that Google IP addresses have been responsible for deliberate vandalism of OpenStreetMap data. While it is unlikely that this was a deliberate or coordinated attack by Google HQ on the competition, multiple such reports does raise the question of whether or not Google has become too big to effectively enforce its 'Don't be evil' philosophy across its massive organization."

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  1. Re:this, and then that other thing... by LWATCDR · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In other words it could have been.
    An honest mistake.
    Of course what really bugs me about all of this is that when people talke about the 3 strikes law I hear people say time and time again... IP addresses are not identity.
    IP addresses can be spoofed as can mac addresses.

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    See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.
  2. Re:this, and then that other thing... by beelsebob · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Note –Steve Coast founded OpenStreetMap.