Google's Street View Cars Have Been Recording People's Wi-Fi Communications In Error

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Matthew Arnold & Baldwin

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Matthew Arnold & Baldwin
Google has been involved in more controversy over its Street View service, as its cars have been inadvertently collecting the contents of wireless communications from people’s unsecured wi-fi networks in streets where they have been snapping.
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Google has been involved in more controversy over its Street View service, as its cars have been inadvertently collecting the contents of wireless communications from people's unsecured wi-fi networks in streets where they have been snapping. Google's Street View service was already controversial, as privacy campaigners had objected to pictures of people going about their everyday activities being recorded by Google's Street View drivers in their streets and then being posted on the Internet on Google's service. This latest episode comes as a big embarrassment to the online services giant, as it had previously said that its Street View cars did not collect the content of people's wi-fi communications. It said: 'How did this happen? Quite simply, it was a mistake.' Google is now working closely with data protection and privacy regulators around the world to consider the best way of quickly disposing of the data.

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