http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20082777-281/street-view-cars-grabbed-locations-of-phones-pcs/
Google street view collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other wifi devices from around the world. Only locations of wi-fi access points was supposed to be collected. The information it collected from computers and other devices were made publicly available through Google.com. In April Apple came under fire of logging the location of its Iphone users. Google declined to address why and how the collection of the devices information was collected. Their API revealed where the device was located, a practice that can reveal personal information including home addresses and the addresses of restaurants frequently visited. It is not legal for Google to be collecting people's private information, and scary that they post it for the public to see. I am hoping that the Government will look into this problem and I would not be surprised to see a class action lawsuit be brought towards Google.
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