I guess the same controversy erupted when certain companies started printing thick yellow books containing the names, addresses and phone numbers of entire cities! Unthinkable! Aggregating all that private data in one place for thieves and identify theft to peruse?<br>
<br>And just in time for this discussion:<br><br><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/21/2058222/States-Launch-Joint-Probe-of-Google-Wi-Fi-Snooping">http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/21/2058222/States-Launch-Joint-Probe-of-Google-Wi-Fi-Snooping</a><br>
<br>To quote one commentor:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Its akin to driving down the street with a tape recorder and parabolic
mic, recording whatever conversations people might be having as part of a
population density study, and accidentally recording someone in their
front yard yelling their cc# into the phone. It should fall under
general privacy law: if you dont spend the time/energy to setup
encryption of some form, dont expect privacy (same as if you dont try to
block peeping toms, or if you go sunbathing nude in your front yard
next to the street, dont be surprised to find yourself posted to /b/).
Even windows warns you now if you try to connect to an unencrypted AP.
If anyone should be sued for this, sue the manufacturers that
distributed the APs with a default configuration of no encryption and
see how well that flies. <br></div>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br><a href="http://2bits.com">http://2bits.com</a><br>Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.<br>
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