Aussies probe Google

Skybird · 06-07-10, 04:02 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asi...c/10249091.stm

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Google has admitted doing so, but apologised, saying it was in error.

Strange. Just a very short while ago, Google has been probed in Germany for the very same reason: collecting not only information on private WLANs, but also collecting personal data that were transmitted via these WLANs. In Germany, they said it was just an error.

And now they do the same ting on the other side of the planet, and again say "it'S just an error that occured"...?

Google's reputation as the globe's greatest data-kraken is for no reason. It still stuns me to see how little people care for giving away personal data and information to a commercial company outside any legal control - but call down heaven and hell and spell the end of mankind if considerably less ammounts of data would be collected by government services in order to print them onto an ID card.

Jimbuna · 06-07-10, 06:32 AM

krashkart · 06-07-10, 07:57 AM

I've never really liked Google anyway.

BURN THEM! BUUURRN THEM!!

DarkFish · 06-07-10, 08:05 AM

hmm? accidentally collecting WLAN data? must be one heck of a bug in their streetview photographing software....

Schroeder · 06-07-10, 08:31 AM

And that's why I don't use Google. (Or at least not without a few proxies between me and it if other search platforms really can't bring up any useful results)

Skybird · 06-07-10, 08:52 AM

I use Google search for terms that I consider to be "uncritical", and Google Earth 8which to my knowledge does not collect personal data). But all other Google stuff, especially Chrome I would not even touch even when getting money. The German Federal Police issued as ecurity warning over Chrome last year, the sharpest computer warning the office every has released in its history.

If you use Chrome, MySpace and Facebook, you simply have to know that these services are not really free, the deal is surrender of your privatesphere and personal data, for free access to some free time entertainment. If later you find that data collected from you is being used to compromise you, then remeber that you have willed that deal.

However, many people, young ones, simply do not know of these inherent dangers, and are not in a position to form a realistic assessment of the poential threats involved, and as a youngster, your priorities and oyur time horizon works very different anyway (not to mention that you do not listen to adult's advice anyway

). I think that schools should be the focus of providing everybody with the solid basic info on these issues. Which means that molst teachers have to run according trainign courses first, and must update themselves constantly.

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	I've never really liked Google anyway. BURN THEM! BUUURRN THEM!! __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

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DarkFish Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stinking drunk in Eindhoven, the Netherlands Posts: 1,844 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	hmm? accidentally collecting WLAN data? must be one heck of a bug in their streetview photographing software.... __________________

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	And that's why I don't use Google. (Or at least not without a few proxies between me and it if other search platforms really can't bring up any useful results) __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany. Last edited by Schroeder; 06-07-10 at 10:53 AM.

06-07-10, 08:52 AM	#6
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,722 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I use Google search for terms that I consider to be "uncritical", and Google Earth 8which to my knowledge does not collect personal data). But all other Google stuff, especially Chrome I would not even touch even when getting money. The German Federal Police issued as ecurity warning over Chrome last year, the sharpest computer warning the office every has released in its history. If you use Chrome, MySpace and Facebook, you simply have to know that these services are not really free, the deal is surrender of your privatesphere and personal data, for free access to some free time entertainment. If later you find that data collected from you is being used to compromise you, then remeber that you have willed that deal. However, many people, young ones, simply do not know of these inherent dangers, and are not in a position to form a realistic assessment of the poential threats involved, and as a youngster, your priorities and oyur time horizon works very different anyway (not to mention that you do not listen to adult's advice anyway ). I think that schools should be the focus of providing everybody with the solid basic info on these issues. Which means that molst teachers have to run according trainign courses first, and must update themselves constantly. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.