... accidentally collected data from unsecured wireless networks ...
There are currently 7 unsecured wireless networks within range of my house. If I leave WiFi enabled when I walk my dog, i will connect to them as the signal becomes dominant. I must be a co-conspirator.
The fact that you're connecting to these networks as their signals become dominant would indicate that you have purposely connected to each of them in the past, otherwise they would not be "known" networks.
That said, I think the uproar over this whole thing is a bunch of BS. If people are using unsecured Wifi, any expectation of privacy is unreasonable. If you change your SSID to something obscure, it may be reasonable to expect that people won't connect to it accidentally, but I'll bet at least one or two of those 7 unsecured networks in your area are still using the default SSID and admin password.
I realize that the relevant laws vary from one country to another, but the law has nothing to do with reasonable expectations.
In most of the western world, it is called an un-permissive taking, some call it larceny. A "thing" is not yours simply because it is able to be taken.
The law has everything to do with reasonable expectations. Your definition of "reasonableness" is ego centric, as was the "reasonableness" of Jeffrey Dahmer, or Elijah Mohammed--it is self-serving. Without the law, "reasonableness" would be defined by the whims and fancy of each individual. That is the problem with google, and its devout congregation--your "reasonableness" standard is only yours, and you seek to impose it on whoever gets in your way. Fortunately, in this instance, the law seems to be getting in your way. The "uproar" which you consider to be "BS" is actually the concern of citizens over an invasion of their privacy by google. Should you have your way, then yours would be a classic pyrrhic victory--disastrous and self destructive--google would eventually crush you, also.
Again, Moderator, is this a "google centric" forum--connected to google by an ethos, or sponsorship, or money, something that makes this forum a sort of google affiliate. If it is, then let me know, and I will not continue with this topic on this forum.
You might want to note that the "accidental" thing is google's story. They "accidentally", had multiple band wifi scanners on their vehicles, in order to take photos.
In most of the western world, it is called an un-permissive taking, some call it larceny. A "thing" is not yours simply because it is able to be taken.
The law has everything to do with reasonable expectations. Your definition of "reasonableness" is ego centric, as was the "reasonableness" of Jeffrey Dahmer, or Elijah Mohammed--it is self-serving. Without the law, "reasonableness" would be defined by the whims and fancy of each individual. That is the problem with google, and its devout congregation--your "reasonableness" standard is only yours, and you seek to impose it on whoever gets in your way. Fortunately, in this instance, the law seems to be getting in your way. The "uproar" which you consider to be "BS" is actually the concern of citizens over an invasion of their privacy by google. Should you have your way, then yours would be a classic pyrrhic victory--disastrous and self destructive--google would eventually crush you, also.
Again, Moderator, is this a "google centric" forum--connected to google by an ethos, or sponsorship, or money, something that makes this forum a sort of google affiliate. If it is, then let me know, and I will not continue with this topic on this forum.
In most of the western world, it is called an un-permissive taking, some call it larceny. A "thing" is not yours simply because it is able to be taken.
In most of the western world, it is called an un-permissive taking, some call it larceny. A "thing" is not yours simply because it is able to be taken.
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You might want to note that the "accidental" thing is google's story. They "accidentally", had multiple band wifi scanners on their vehicles, in order to take photos.
The question remains, why is Sprint associated with the likes of google, the "accidental" taker of private info, with "accidentally" installed scanners...to take photos? Is Sprint like google? Do Sprint and google share a common ethic ?
Oh, and last, but not least, google has decided to investigate itself. It has appointed its own investigation czar. Oh, that's credible. What a joke.
"We're acutely aware that we failed badly here," Eustace said in the blog post.
Google's cars collected the WiFi data in more than 30 countries between 2006 and mid-2010 so that Google could amass data on WiFi hotspots that could help provide location-based services -- a project unrelated to taking photos for Google Maps.
But Google apparently thought it was only collecting a limited type of WiFi data relating to the WiFi network's name and router numbers.
The collection of the additional, so-called payload data was a simple mistake resulting from a piece of computer code that was accidentally included from an experimental project, Google said
So why are you singling out Sprint? You realize that they're not the only carrier offering Android devices, right?The question remains, why is Sprint associated with the likes of google, the "accidental" taker of private info, with "accidentally" installed scanners...to take photos? Is Sprint like google? Do Sprint and google share a common ethic ?
So wait wait wait, if I walk around naked in my house with my blinds open people can SEE me? HOW DARE THEY!
The easiest analogy for me is to equate what Google did with somebody taking pictures in a neighborhood and then finding out that their neighbor left the doors and the curtains wide open while they walked around the house naked.
Yea, nobody meant to take nude pictures, but the nude people didn't take effort to stop strangers from peeking in.
PM me your address ... I want to make sure I stay off your block
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