Data Engineer In Google Case Is Identified

Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 1, 2012 @01:11AM from the under-the-bus dept.

theodp writes "Meet Engineer Doe. A NY Times report has identified Marius Milner as the software engineer at the center of the uproar over a Google project that used Wi-Fi sniffing Google Street View cars to collect e-mail and other personal data from potentially millions of unsuspecting people. Milner, creator of the wardriving software NetStumbler, referred questions to his lawyer. Google declined to comment. A patent search shows the USPTO awarded Google and Milner a patent in June 2011 for protecting Internet users from 'hackers and other ne'er-do-wells [who] may seek to tap into communications on a network.'"

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Re:If you have something that you don't want by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-01 01:41 · Score: 2, Informative

Your hate towards Marius Milner is so strong, you saw this article in the future and registered just in time to post this comment with same timestamp as the article?..
Tech(NY|LA|Cars|nicalExpert), you're so unsubtle :(
Re:If you have something that you don't want by X0563511 · 2012-05-01 03:09 · Score: 5, Informative

I don't think you understand how radio works. It's like sound.
Your neighbor blares his stereo? Well, you can hear his music because of that.
You blare your unencrypted data? Well, I can read it.

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