telegraph.co.uk— Google %u201Cscrewed up%u201D after its Street Cars wrongly mapped every wireless network in Britain to use the information for commercial purposes, Eric Schmidt, its chief executive has admitted.
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It's great that he's so straightforward about what happened, except this isn't the only instance of Google showing a blatant disregard for privacy concerns.Once is a mistake. Twice is a policy.
Not only did they screw up but if they made a connection and not merely just scanned, they've committed an offence in the UK under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
It's not supposed to be the same thing. It's supposed to be an exaggeration to highlight Google's attitude. You see, I lied, and that didn't actually happen. Sorry, I'll only speak literally from now on so you can follow.
dtfinchJun 5, 2010
Don't you love %u201Cproper quotes%u201D?
rupprupp29Jun 5, 2010
At first I thought it was some sort of Yoda speak.
robdazombaJun 5, 2010
It's great that he's so straightforward about what happened, except this isn't the only instance of Google showing a blatant disregard for privacy concerns.Once is a mistake. Twice is a policy.
brezzzJun 5, 2010
This is probably the best spam link I have ever seen.
linageeJun 5, 2010
Maybe they will just use some random intern/whipping boy.
computershackJun 5, 2010
Not only did they screw up but if they made a connection and not merely just scanned, they've committed an offence in the UK under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
mrdiggmasterJun 5, 2010
It's not supposed to be the same thing. It's supposed to be an exaggeration to highlight Google's attitude. You see, I lied, and that didn't actually happen. Sorry, I'll only speak literally from now on so you can follow.
mabakerbrakerJun 5, 2010
The Google fanboiis here amaze me.
jqp123Jun 5, 2010
Why did Germany ask to see the data? Because they had reason not to trust what Google was telling them --- namely that they were only recording SSID and address. And as it turns out, they were right.In other words, they were caught doing it.<a class="user" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/15/google-privacy-breach-sla_n_577603.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/15/google-pr ...</a>