@peterwarbo Sell it. And it would be ignorant to believe that they did not know what they were doing.
Info that they have taken is priceless to advert companies. They know what you look at, and how often as well. Some more personal info can be gained by doing a simple IP search, and voila, you have a "customer". All their contact info, Facebook page, where they shop, what porn sites they go to... Mind you one customers info is worth less than a buck, but added up across North America, some MAJOR coin is to be had. And had is all you will be if you believe that Google didnt know that this code found its way into its street cars a FULL year after it was made, and "scraped".
@A25i If this info is so important to a person why would they be broadcasting it on an open network. Yes I believe Google should not have been snooping but if you ate just sending the data out into the public? It's like pasting your social on the side of your car.
@peterwarbo Googles intention was to collect was the MAC address of every WiFi router. That means they can sell location-dependant services (e.g. advertising) even when a GPS is not available.
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I really don't get it.
What kind of information can Google retrieve from WiFi access points? And what are they supposed to do with that information?
@peterwarbo
Sell it.
And it would be ignorant to believe that they did not know what they were doing.
Info that they have taken is priceless to advert companies. They know what you look at, and how often as well. Some more personal info can be gained by doing a simple IP search, and voila, you have a "customer". All their contact info, Facebook page, where they shop, what porn sites they go to...
Mind you one customers info is worth less than a buck, but added up across North America, some MAJOR coin is to be had. And had is all you will be if you believe that Google didnt know that this code found its way into its street cars a FULL year after it was made, and "scraped".
@A25i If this info is so important to a person why would they be broadcasting it on an open network. Yes I believe Google should not have been snooping but if you ate just sending the data out into the public? It's like pasting your social on the side of your car.
@peterwarbo
Googles intention was to collect was the MAC address of every WiFi router. That means they can sell location-dependant services (e.g. advertising) even when a GPS is not available.