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Offline scottws

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"Don't be evil"... yeah right
« on: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 06:15:06 AM »
Check out this story:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8684110.stm

Germany caught Google's street view capturing cars farming data from open wi-fi networks.  They are saying it was a mistake?  Um... how?  The car is supposed to go around and take pictures.  Why does it even have equipment and software capable of capturing packets sent across wi-fi?
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Offline Cobra951

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Re: "Don't be evil"... yeah right
« Reply #1 on: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 10:13:49 AM »
You're right.  I don't get it.  Why would they need to sample wifi data at all?  I can understand there being laptops in all those Google cars, but how does private wifi data relate to the mission of photographing and mapping the streets?  That can't be just a question of going too far with something useful to their purpose.
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Re: "Don't be evil"... yeah right
« Reply #2 on: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 12:13:08 PM »
Have I mentioned how much I hate Google?
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Re: "Don't be evil"... yeah right
« Reply #3 on: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 12:24:00 PM »
Yes, yes you have.
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Offline Pugnate

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Re: "Don't be evil"... yeah right
« Reply #4 on: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 01:01:29 PM »
You could start any sentence with "Have I mentioned how much I hate", and we would give you an emphatic yes. :P :P
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Offline gpw11

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Re: "Don't be evil"... yeah right
« Reply #5 on: Sunday, May 16, 2010, 11:19:55 PM »
Mapping hotspots? Although it would make more sense for Navteq to do that rather than Google itself. It'd also be pointless and there'd be better ways to do it.
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Re: "Don't be evil"... yeah right
« Reply #6 on: Monday, May 17, 2010, 10:10:36 AM »
Yeah, mapping hotspots was my first guess. I love how they blame an engineer for it. :P
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