• Google Describes Wi-Fi Sniffing In Pending Patent
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[quote][I]After mistakenly saying that it did not collect Wi-Fi payload data, [URL="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/wifi-data-collection-update.html"]Google had to reverse itself[/URL], saying, 'it's now clear that we have been mistakenly collecting samples of payload data from open (i.e. non-password-protected) Wi-Fi networks.' OK, mistakes happen. But, as Seinfeld might ask, then what's the deal with the [URL="http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005017/google-trying-to-deduce-wireless-location-info-bypass-carriers/"]pending Google patent that describes capturing wireless data packets[/URL] by operating a device — which 'may be placed in a vehicle' — in a 'sniffer' or 'monitor' mode and analyzing them on a server? Guess belated kudos are owed to the savvy Slashdot commenter who speculated back in January that the patent-pending technology [URL="http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=30965714&sid=1530586&tid=883"]might be useful inside a Google Street View vehicle[/URL]. [URL="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20006157-265.html"]Google faces inquiries[/URL] into its [URL="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20006100-38.html"]Wi-Fi packet sniffing practices[/URL] by German and US authorities.[/I][/quote] [URL="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/05/29/0818219/Google-Describes-Wi-Fi-Sniffing-In-Pending-Patent"]Source[/URL]
Get your :tinfoil: on gentlemen.
I swear I've seen this before...
I'm losing my trust in Google. :frown:
its your own fault for leaving your network unsecured.
[QUOTE=H4Z3Y;22257988]its your own fault for leaving your network unsecured.[/QUOTE] It's also your own fault for having breakable glass as your car windows.
[QUOTE=166291;22258522]It's also your own fault for having breakable glass as your car windows.[/QUOTE] Terrible example, leaving the network insecure would be compared to leaving your car doors unlocked.
[QUOTE=WearingNothing;22258598]Terrible example, leaving the network insecure would be compared to leaving your car doors unlocked.[/QUOTE] This. Otherwise you can say "your own fault for having wooden doors"
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