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Aussie coppers are thinking of nicking Google
AUSSIE COPPERS are thinking about launching a criminal investigation of Google for hacking into WiFi networks.
While other countries' regulators have been particularly interested in talking with Google over strapping WiFi sniffing gear on its Street View cars, it seems Australia wants to hang the outfit by the billibong.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Aussie Federal Police are investigating Google over a possible breach of the country's Telecommunications Interception Act. In other words, "hacking".
Inspector Knacker of the Aussie Yard said that the possible infringement might have occurred when Google cars, mounted with special cameras, cruised Australian streets to capture images for its Street View mapping service.
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland said the investigation, which was referred by his department to the federal police, will examine whether Google employees acted illegally when they collected the data.
Google said it has all been a terrible mishtake. However if there is a criminal investigation it could mean that some of its staff could end up with an Aussie rap sheet, similar to the ones that some of its executives collected in Italy for allowing a video of a disabled kid being beaten up to appear on Youtube. µ
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Google criticised conroy's precious censorship filter, so conroy sicced the coppers on them for sipping broadcast SSIDs/data from wifi access points.
Sitting at my desk here I can see via airodump-ng about 20 unique SSIDs, some of them open. Have I broken the law by listening to this broadcast traffic?
In a perfect world the minister would focus his efforts on educating people on how to properly secure their connections. Of course in a perfect world the minister would have half a clue about his portfolio.
Many Google Street View Privacy Invasions found here: a href="http://www.streetviewfunny.com" Google Street View /a
Because motives may not be what you think. Here I'd say gov'ts are acting to retain their monopoly on spying, and regard go_ogle as a *foreign* SPY AGENCY.
Wouldn't have anything to do with the secure search google is offering their mates - a sort of way around the filter
No. They already did.