May 16
Google "Mistakenly" Collected Sensititve Data From WiFi Networks
Posted by Vaibhav Gera in googleNo Comments »
When German authorities wanted to check the Wifi data Google collected with their Street View cars, Google say they reexamined that data and the collecting software… and found out that they were actually not just collecting Wifi network names and addresses, but also “information sent over the network”. Google says this happened by mistake; a piece of code written four years ago allegedly made it into the live software three years ago, without intent by the project leaders. Google now wants to delete this data as soon as possible, they say, and they furthermore say they “decided that it’s best to stop our Street View cars collecting WiFi network data entirely”.
