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General Discussion => Controversy Corner => Topic started by: Phoenix on 2010-05-15, 02:42



Title: That Google is a Spy!
Post by: Phoenix on 2010-05-15, 02:42
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Google Inc. said an internal investigation has discovered that the roving vans the company uses to create its online mapping services were mistakenly collecting data about websites people were visiting over wireless networks.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703460404575244763621501220.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories

In other words, they were wardriving using packet sniffers.