Google recorded more information on streetview than you think!

[myke]

Old news is old. If people are stupid enough to leave their wifi unencrypted they deserve whatever they have coming to them.

Did you not read the article? it said no where about data being stolen or anything, just using wifis to depict where you are as a location...

and 'Old news' isn't old to me... It's the first time I've seen it, I read it in the paper so posted it here for discussion, not to be told that it is old news.

[Recursion]

Did you not read the article? it said no where about data being stolen or anything, just using wifis to depict where you are as a location...

and 'Old news' isn't old to me... It's the first time I've seen it, I read it in the paper so posted it here for discussion, not to be told that it is old news.

This is why news papers should be abandoned in favour of the internet in the next.. oohh I dunno, 10 years.

But w/e, I don't care if they had our MAC address, our wireless is so weak at the road that it's not worth bothering.

[MrPinkPanther]

The fact that they got it means that anyone could get it, it's hardly super sensitive information.

[Apolva]

I think I heard about this like a month ago

I'm not sure how they can *accidentally* collect this kind of information, apparently the cars were loaded with the wrong version of their software.

Personally I'm not too bothered since my wifi's secured, and how much information they already have about you, ie. from google search, gmail, etc.