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Congress Should Grill the FCC Over Redacted Google Wi-Fi Snooping Report

Posted on April 30, 2012July 2, 2025 by Dissent

Chris Soghoian has a commentary on Threat Level that begins:

Google released a mostly uncensored version of the FCC’s report on the Street View privacy debacle over the weekend, and the new revelations in the document will undoubtedly prompt privacy groups and Congress to demand further investigations and sanctions. And justifiably so. The full FCC report reveals that Google’s systematic interception of Wi-Fi content was intentional, and not the “mistake” that senior executives have repeatedly claimed in the past. But while Google should certainly be raked over the coals by privacy hawks on Capitol Hill, I don’t think Congress should stop there. The FCC must be next in line.

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