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 NotMariusMiller · 2012-05-01 01:28 · Score: 0, Troll

Not every site supports https, and I don't want some random people to snoop data even if isn't as secure. And in fact, I do use VPN for exactly this reason, but I am in the minority that knows this stuff. 99% don't.

The reason we have laws is to prevent people from taking advantage of situations. Your reasoning is along the same as "you shouldn't go out if you don't want to get stabbed". It is not reasonable suggestion. We prevent people from abusing things like this with laws and there are penalties if they do. I hope Google gets fined big time and every engineer and supervisor associated with the project put into jail. That's what would happen to any individual doing this.