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Old 03-24-11, 08:50 PM   #7
Gargamel
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Originally Posted by Penguin View Post
The thing is that Google didn't only scan for wifi networks, but they also recorded the traffic of them. This collection of data without consent is illegal here.
The same happened in Germany, but I expect that Google won't be fined here by our corporate-bowing jurisdiction.
Then fine them for that, which I agree with. What's ON a secure server is supposed to be secure from legit sources. The fact that it exists is not secure.

But don't fine them for, and accuse them of gaining an unfair advantage in location services. That's just dumb.
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