Google Found Guilty of Australian Privacy Breach 105
schliz writes "The Australian Privacy Commissioner has found Google guilty of breaching the country's Privacy Act when it collected unsecured WiFi payload data with its Street View vehicles. While the Commissioner could not penalize the company, Google agreed to publish an apology on its Australian blog, and work more closely with her during the next three years. Globally, Google is said to have collected some 600 GB of data transmitted over public WiFi networks. In May, the company put its high-definition Australian Street View plans on hold to audit its processes."
Re:Private? (Score:3, Funny)
If I go out into the street right now, guess how much traffic I could pick up? I see 7 access points here. In a suburb. From in my house!
So your neighbors are idiots.
I see closer to 20 access points with nothing but my smartphone.
How much traffic could I pick up with a good laptop? Probably Gigabytes per hour.
How much traffic could I decipher?
One house's traffic.
Because that neighbor, like your neighbors, is an idiot.