I was willing to believe that Google had no criminal intent in collecting Wi-Fi payload data, but they just irritated the heck out of me with the privacy implications of their new background images approach. Thinq explains: Unless you’ve spent the day sleeping under a log, you’ll probably have noticed that Internet search engine Google…
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Privacy International reads criminal intent in Google’s Wi-Fi audit
Privacy International issued a statement yesterday Google today published an audit on its blog of the code used to collect Wi-Fi data as part of the company’s global Street View operation. The report asserts that the system had intent to identify and store all unencrypted Wi-Fi content. This analysis establishes that Google did, beyond reasonable…
Modelling Cloud Computing Architecture Without Compromising Privacy: A Privacy by Design Approach
Summary of May 2010 paper prepared by NEC Company, Ltd. and Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada: As the Internet has evolved, we have seen the emergence of “Cloud computing.” Organizations have begun to leverage the connectivity created by the Internet to optimize the utility of…
Connecticut Attorney General Asks Google If It Collected Wireless Network Data Without Permission In CT
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is asking Google whether its “street view” cars collected personal information transmitted over wireless networks without permission while photographing Connecticut streets and homes. Google has acknowledged that “street view” cars in some locations have intercepted information from unsecured personal WIFI networks. In Europe, notably Ireland, Google admitted intercepting packets of data…