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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis
It sounds like they only collected data from unsecured networks. That's almost like telling someone off for listening in on conversations that are spoken across neighbourhoods using loudspeakers, or for reading PMs written on 12ft high ad boards. I should think that if the people on those networks really cared about privacy then they'd turn on the security?
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Don't get me wrong. I'm all for privacy, and the legal protection of it. But it's not like they tapped phones or hacked email accounts. An unsecured Wi-Fi network is like a radio station broadcasting information. At some point you have to draw a line and say "if people see/hear this, it's not their fault".
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I tend to agree with you and TBH the actual amount or sort of data able to be collected from home or business WiFi connections from a moving vehicle is likely to be negligible. My main concern is that it was not just Australia and IMHO it was not an "accident" that it happened. Buggered if I know what they were trying to achieve but given the breach of privacy it makes a mockery of the law.
Wonder what would happen if I accidently sat in a stationary location accidently collecting data from someone else's unsecured WiFi network? Would I get let off in the same way if I said sorry it was an accident?