privacyguru

Not saying that, just that it's more of an issue when a company like Google does it. People go "war driving" all the time and that isn't a big deal - but when a company like Google does, it's a bigger deal. And Google probably isn't a threat with the data, but people need to just secure their networks! Maybe it's a good lesson and better in the long run actually!

Cryptoz -- I agree, all public data once it is broadcasted. But as the article says "While the data was technically broadcasted to the public and anyone with the know-how and appropriate gear could collect the same information, it would be hard for anyone to collect such data on the massive scale that Google did." -- Google should have known better. Someone knew what data they were collecting.

And yes, people should have secured their wireless routers.

Google is smart and they are not alone in running their businesses like this. Pros and Cons -- sure the gov't misses out on some revenue but also many of those savings are reinvested into hiring and generating jobs and even more profits, which in the end, can still generate revenue for uncle sam.

Agreed - We just need more devices with front facing cameras - which definitely will happen. Add the fact that location/time data could captured associated with it as well and it's likely make some people at least think twice!

I believe the domain that was affected was "kasperskyusa.com"