Aussies probe Google

Skybird · 06-23-10, 04:25 AM

Now even the - regarding privacy protection - usually so extremely hesitent Americans join the party: several US states take action against Google and Streetview: again, over Google's "unintentional accident" of collecting private wi-fi data.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10375623.stm

France also considers further action, saying that first checks of data samples they analysed showed that Google's wi-fi "accident" collected even personal passwords.

Info is power, info is wealth. Google amasses powers which to hold it has not the smallest political legitimation, and over which Google is not countercontrolled by any authority. Google is a private business, no public of governmental office. But still it collects datasets that are exceeding the range of data state offices collect about people's privacy, and it has an economical profit-.interest for these data not being collected just for fun, but to be used and/or sold. This is a highly dangerous thing, eroding the fundaments of a free society, and government's power monopole.

06-23-10, 04:25 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,707 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Now even the - regarding privacy protection - usually so extremely hesitent Americans join the party: several US states take action against Google and Streetview: again, over Google's "unintentional accident" of collecting private wi-fi data. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10375623.stm France also considers further action, saying that first checks of data samples they analysed showed that Google's wi-fi "accident" collected even personal passwords. Info is power, info is wealth. Google amasses powers which to hold it has not the smallest political legitimation, and over which Google is not countercontrolled by any authority. Google is a private business, no public of governmental office. But still it collects datasets that are exceeding the range of data state offices collect about people's privacy, and it has an economical profit-.interest for these data not being collected just for fun, but to be used and/or sold. This is a highly dangerous thing, eroding the fundaments of a free society, and government's power monopole. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 06-23-10 at 04:38 AM.