Google is collecting information about household wireless networks.
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From: Cwatters on 14 May 2010 04:02 "Tom Potter" <xprivatnews(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message news:hsiv4s$imq$3(a)news.eternal-september.org... > http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/13/2898947.htm > > "Google trawls streets collecting wi-fi data > By Meredith Griffiths > > Google has been asked to explain why it is collecting information about > household wireless networks. > If I remember correctly Google have already answered the question. The answer was in New Scientist recently.
From: Klaus Schadenfreude on 14 May 2010 07:42 [Default] "Tom Potter" <xprivatnews(a)mailinator.com> wrote in talk.politics.guns : >http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/13/2898947.htm > >"Google trawls streets collecting wi-fi data >By Meredith Griffiths > >Google has been asked to explain why it is collecting information about >household wireless networks. > It's pretty simple. So you can find a wireless network to use. NEXT!
From: Mort Davis on 16 May 2010 07:32 "Tom Potter" <xprivatnews(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message news:hsog7p$rvv$4(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Klaus Schadenfreude" <klausschadenfreude(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:vodqu552st7diqgrumstvciv4ghnfm964j(a)4ax.com... >> [Default] "Tom Potter" <xprivatnews(a)mailinator.com> wrote in >> talk.politics.guns : >> >>>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/13/2898947.htm >>> >>>"Google trawls streets collecting wi-fi data >>>By Meredith Griffiths >>> >>>Google has been asked to explain why it is collecting information about >>>household wireless networks. >>> >> >> It's pretty simple. So you can find a wireless network to use. >> >> NEXT! > > It is interesting to see that my Jewish pal "Klaus Schadenfreude" > approves of Google "collecting information about household wireless > networks" > without the knowledge and permission of the owners. > > You can buy a used wireless computer and be on the Internet from millions of locations without anyone having a clue who you are or where you live.
From: tankfixer on 17 May 2010 23:33
In article <hsqqlp$pjl$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, xprivatnews(a)mailinator.com says... > > "Mort Davis" <gdindependent(a)go.com> wrote in message > news:48ydnVuij5lBeHLWnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d(a)mchsi.com... > > > > "Tom Potter" <xprivatnews(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message > > news:hsog7p$rvv$4(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >> > >> "Klaus Schadenfreude" <klausschadenfreude(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > >> news:vodqu552st7diqgrumstvciv4ghnfm964j(a)4ax.com... > >>> [Default] "Tom Potter" <xprivatnews(a)mailinator.com> wrote in > >>> talk.politics.guns : > >>> > >>>>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/13/2898947.htm > >>>> > >>>>"Google trawls streets collecting wi-fi data > >>>>By Meredith Griffiths > >>>> > >>>>Google has been asked to explain why it is collecting information about > >>>>household wireless networks. > >>>> > >>> > >>> It's pretty simple. So you can find a wireless network to use. > >>> > >>> NEXT! > >> > >> It is interesting to see that my Jewish pal "Klaus Schadenfreude" > >> approves of Google "collecting information about household wireless > >> networks" > >> without the knowledge and permission of the owners. > >> > > You can buy a used wireless computer and be on the Internet from millions > > of locations without anyone having a clue who you are or where you live. > > Thanks for bringing up this important point. > > I replaced my wireless router > after my Internet connection was accessed > a couple of times. Are you saying you don't know how to lock down your wireless router to prevent others from using it ? > > I don't mind sharing, > but I don't like the idea of anyone > using my Internet connection for illegal or immoral purposes. Important safety tip nimrod, change the default password this time.. |