Bless the Great Google for they are great spies!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/44loayq

Update: Google sent us a statement saying "we won't reveal your private
connections to other users without your permission." They'll access
them, and use them to find your other social media accounts, but they
won't publish anything without your say so. (Yet.)


http://preview.tinyurl.com/d7qlww3

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Google Staff Knew All Along About the Street View Data Breach
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By Jamie Condliffe
Apr 30, 2012 7:31 AM
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Google Staff Knew All Along About the Street View Data Breach

A report issued by the Federal Communications Commission reveals that
the Google engineer responsible for collecting private information via
wireless networks from Street View cars repeatedly told his colleagues
about the controversial nature of what was happening.

The Guardian reports that Google has posted a copy of the FCC's report
online in the interests of transparency. It reveals that one of the
engineers on the team responsible for the Street View software informed
other colleagues?including a senior manager? that it was designed to
collect personal information in 2007 and again in 2008.

Back in 2010, it became known that Google had collected masses of
data?including emails and text messages?from WiFi networks when its
Sreet View cars drove around cities. The practice went on for three
years before coming to a halt.

And what did the FCC do to big bad google? Heh... Funny you should ask!

In the end, the FCC has only fined Google $25,000 over the entire thing,
and even that was only for impeding the Federal Communications
Commission's investigation.

Data mining, security breaches, ALL OKAY in uncle sams eyes!

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Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too
many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and
the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts
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