Comments on: Google accidentally collecting WiFi data http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2010/05/google-accidentally-collecting-wifi-data/ Pure Geekery Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Google in “significant breach” of Data Protection Laws | Geek-Speak http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2010/05/google-accidentally-collecting-wifi-data/comment-page-1/#comment-9804 Google in “significant breach” of Data Protection Laws | Geek-Speak Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:02:27 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=3832#comment-9804 [...] story just doesn’t seem to want to go away. Google admitted in May that it had been accidentally collecting personal data from unsecured networks when mapping towns for [...] [...] story just doesn’t seem to want to go away. Google admitted in May that it had been accidentally collecting personal data from unsecured networks when mapping towns for [...]

]]> By: Chris H http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2010/05/google-accidentally-collecting-wifi-data/comment-page-1/#comment-8636 Chris H Mon, 17 May 2010 12:41:52 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=3832#comment-8636 Great minds Kevin... great minds... :) I managed to miss the fact that Google didn't reveal the mistake until a freedom of information request. I assumed even Google hadn't noticed until the audit mentioned in the BBC report.<br><br>It certainly does make you wonder what else could be revealed with a few timely audits! Great minds Kevin… great minds… :) I managed to miss the fact that Google didn't reveal the mistake until a freedom of information request. I assumed even Google hadn't noticed until the audit mentioned in the BBC report.

It certainly does make you wonder what else could be revealed with a few timely audits!

]]> By: Kevin Tea http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2010/05/google-accidentally-collecting-wifi-data/comment-page-1/#comment-8635 Kevin Tea Mon, 17 May 2010 10:01:16 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=3832#comment-8635 Weird, I have written about exactly the same thing today. It's not the fact that Google gathered this information per se, but that it knew about it and didn't come clean until a German Freedom of Information request. I just wonder what else is lurking under the covers! Weird, I have written about exactly the same thing today. It's not the fact that Google gathered this information per se, but that it knew about it and didn't come clean until a German Freedom of Information request. I just wonder what else is lurking under the covers!

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