Google Crime Company at it again

Skybird · 07-18-13, 05:31 AM

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzp...-a-911574.html

Will give an English link when it has made it into English news.

It has been leaked that Google systematically and intentionally collected millions and millions of ID accounts plus WLAN ID plus the WLAN security codes and has stored them in a database. This while advising customers not to tell their WLAN codes ever to anybody, and never to store them in the cloud or to transfer them over the web. But Google deliberately fetches of these codes when people use for example cloud synchronisation services for Android.

A Google-maintained database where WLAN numbers and access codes are separately stored. Unencrypted. Think of it. That is no technical accident again by which Google always claims to get struck so very, so extremely, so unluckily, so unbelievably often. It seems no company in the world has so much bad luck, like Google claims to have.

This company is is becoming so potentially very dangerous, it already is, and gets worse and worse. They accumulate power and more power - without any checks and balances, monitoring or data protection laws enforced.

Risks could be multiple ones. For example government agencies demanding/enforcing access to these data and using them to hack themselves into private WLANs where they want to spy.

Meanwhile, rumours stubbornly cannot be silenced also that all producers of OS and security software are being forced by especially the US government, but EU governments as well, to code backdoor entries into their software that can be used by government services to compromise a system.

I told that news on the phone yesterday to somebody. It probably was inevitable but I was surprised how fats it happened this time to be accused of wanting to go back into the stone-age. Well, Karma. People will get what they deserve. You ignore these things - you will not escape their consequences then.

But its frustrating to always run into people's ignorance and accomodativeness.

07-18-13, 05:31 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,615 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Google Crime Company at it again http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzp...-a-911574.html Will give an English link when it has made it into English news. It has been leaked that Google systematically and intentionally collected millions and millions of ID accounts plus WLAN ID plus the WLAN security codes and has stored them in a database. This while advising customers not to tell their WLAN codes ever to anybody, and never to store them in the cloud or to transfer them over the web. But Google deliberately fetches of these codes when people use for example cloud synchronisation services for Android. A Google-maintained database where WLAN numbers and access codes are separately stored. Unencrypted. Think of it. That is no technical accident again by which Google always claims to get struck so very, so extremely, so unluckily, so unbelievably often. It seems no company in the world has so much bad luck, like Google claims to have. This company is is becoming so potentially very dangerous, it already is, and gets worse and worse. They accumulate power and more power - without any checks and balances, monitoring or data protection laws enforced. Risks could be multiple ones. For example government agencies demanding/enforcing access to these data and using them to hack themselves into private WLANs where they want to spy. Meanwhile, rumours stubbornly cannot be silenced also that all producers of OS and security software are being forced by especially the US government, but EU governments as well, to code backdoor entries into their software that can be used by government services to compromise a system. I told that news on the phone yesterday to somebody. It probably was inevitable but I was surprised how fats it happened this time to be accused of wanting to go back into the stone-age. Well, Karma. People will get what they deserve. You ignore these things - you will not escape their consequences then. But its frustrating to always run into people's ignorance and accomodativeness. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.