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by whackberry 5159 days ago
> I don't, actually. There was no "hacking" or exploitation of any kind - any idiot with a wifi card can do the same thing.

What the hell? So if Pizza Hut were to start capturing radio waves you'd find that normal?

Why is it normal for Google to go around capturing customer data? That is my question. Even if my data is open to the public, absolutely not encrypted, why is it normal for a major corporation to go around capturing it. THAT is the question, not whether I had encryption or not!

IMO no corporation should be going around recording my data even if it was broadcast in plain sight.
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jlarocco 5159 days ago
It seems like you're missing the point. The only reason we're hearing about this is because Google is a huge, popular company and somebody leaked it. I could be listening to your wifi right now, and you wouldn't even know. There's no way you can know. Making it illegal isn't going to protect you.

The only way to protect your information is to not broadcast in the open.

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whackberry 5159 days ago
> Making it illegal isn't going to protect you.

Well if making things illegal doesn't protect us any more then we're in serious trouble here.

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1010011010 5159 days ago
It's illegal to steal cars, so we can rest assured that it will never happen again.
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