Google vs. Privacy (discussion on facebook)
June 12, 2010 at 11:54 pm
(This post was last modified: June 18, 2010 at 6:39 pm by The_Flying_Skeptic.)
TFS: I don't understand how Google is getting away with having the hardware capable of illegally intercepting encrypted WiFi signals in the street view car. The street view car's only purpose was to take pictures. How did encryption breaking WiFi signal receptors get mixed in with photography?
friend that goes to Penn university: haha we were just discussing this is one of my classes.
TFS: what was the discussion's conclusion?
friend: In a nutshell: google can get away with pretty much anything since it's complient when the gov. wants to regulate something in the internet (which is highly effective since 60% of web browsing starts through google).
TFS: nice. i really don't like this... but Google is somewhat transparent about how many times the US gov has asked for information to be censored (just not about 'what information' since that would defeat the purpose). i really don't like how Google got away with scrolling around the country in a car with illegal technology disguised as just a camera ...
TFS: why did they even admit it? was it because they realized they were going against their 'don't do evil' informal policy?
friend: Google CEO Schmidt response to that: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
They do it because they can.
update: Google might not have been recording information from encrypted WiFi signals, rather they were recording info. from insecure networks.
Quote:House panel presses Facebook, Google on privacy edition.cnn.com
The U.S. Congress' interest in probing Facebook's and Google's privacy practices keeps growing.
friend that goes to Penn university: haha we were just discussing this is one of my classes.
TFS: what was the discussion's conclusion?
friend: In a nutshell: google can get away with pretty much anything since it's complient when the gov. wants to regulate something in the internet (which is highly effective since 60% of web browsing starts through google).
TFS: nice. i really don't like this... but Google is somewhat transparent about how many times the US gov has asked for information to be censored (just not about 'what information' since that would defeat the purpose). i really don't like how Google got away with scrolling around the country in a car with illegal technology disguised as just a camera ...
TFS: why did they even admit it? was it because they realized they were going against their 'don't do evil' informal policy?
friend: Google CEO Schmidt response to that: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
They do it because they can.
update: Google might not have been recording information from encrypted WiFi signals, rather they were recording info. from insecure networks.
