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From: Char Jackson on 12 Jun 2010 11:53 On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:07:16 -0700 (PDT), bod43 <Bod43(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >On 11 June, 02:34, q...(a)sonic.net (Brad Allen) wrote: >> In article <gcf016thal9dvq3e3cl34eupjgtk8in...(a)4ax.com>, >> John Navas �<jn...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: >> " Google is "almost certain" to face prosecution for collecting data >> " from unsecured wi-fi networks, according to Privacy International >> " (PI). >> >> What garbage. >> >> 1) �Publically received radio while driving down a public street. >> 2) �They didn't crack the encryption. >> 3) �The content wasn't important. >> 4) �They had no intent to turn all of that completely public unimportant >> � � content into a criminal use. >> >> Those aren't "OR". �They are "AND". >> >> The people after Google are politicians (and those fooled by them), >> not good citizens. > >I think that what google have done is probably illegal in the UK. >Certainly I have read in the papers that some guy was convicted >of sitting outside a house "borrowing" the WiFi. Have there been any reports claiming that Google 'borrowed' any bandwidth? All I've seen so far is that they might have created a log of open AP's, which is basically a passive activity. I was going to say it's hard to believe that would be illegal, but then you said this: >We have many, many wide ranging criminal laws and it would seem >impossible that Google are not in breach. Sounds like the laws might be the bigger problem.
From: John Navas on 12 Jun 2010 12:51
On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:53:36 -0500, in <k3b716lomjhn98o6r22j4vadpthpgj7p5i(a)4ax.com>, Char Jackson <none(a)none.invalid> wrote: >On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:07:16 -0700 (PDT), bod43 <Bod43(a)hotmail.co.uk> >wrote: >>I think that what google have done is probably illegal in the UK. >>Certainly I have read in the papers that some guy was convicted >>of sitting outside a house "borrowing" the WiFi. > >Have there been any reports claiming that Google 'borrowed' any >bandwidth? All I've seen so far is that they might have created a log >of open AP's, which is basically a passive activity. I was going to >say it's hard to believe that would be illegal, but then you said >this: > >>We have many, many wide ranging criminal laws and it would seem >>impossible that Google are not in breach. > >Sounds like the laws might be the bigger problem. The laws are actually a model of private data protection. We should be so lucky in the USA. -- Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> John FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes> |