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04-18-2012, 05:07 PM
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Google may be able to legally listen in to your Wi-Fi networking (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF-OjAaVpucppYDkZC2mLcmAQzCwA&url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/google-may-be-able-to-legally-listen-in-to-your-wi-fi-networking-/2239)
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By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | April 18, 2012, 9:38am PDT Summary: If you're working over unencrypted Wi-Fi, Google, and anyone else, may be able to legally listen in to what you're doing. If you have the tools and know what you're doing it's easy to ...
Google Street View cars' Wi-Fi issue: further troubles in store (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHZCu7_JmLynkWGQv880onSZNdfrA&url=http://nvonews.com/2012/04/18/google-street-view-cars-wi-fi-issue-further-troubles-in-store/)Northern Voices Online
Opinion: FCC's Google Wi-Fi decision a bad precedent (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH2Y4OgfH1hsU60SIFXIotL8KvTdA&url=http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/opinion-fccs-google-wi-fi-decision-a-bad-precedent/145247)ITWorld Canada
Democrat calls for hearing on Google Wi-Fi snooping (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH_csVIIBzi29vLf8i57qmVSsUOlw&url=http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/222201-democrat-calls-for-hearing-on-google-wi-fi-snooping)The Hill (blog)
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