Google mistakenly collects private data from Wi-Fi networks

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Wiki News

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Google revealed late yesterday that it had mistakenly collected information about Internet sites people had visited on public Wi-Fi networks.

The admission came from Google engineering head Alan Eustace in the form of a blog post Friday afternoon. In the statement, Google said that it had been unknowingly gathering the personal data…

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One comment on “Google mistakenly collects private data from Wi-Fi networks”

RMG - Lethos on May 16, 2010 at 5:38 pm said:

The mind boggles what logical reason they was goona give for legit reason for snooping data from public or insecure wireless in the first place. Why would they try to?

Google mistakenly collects private data from Wi-Fi networks

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