[AusNOG] "Google's Wi-Fi sniff probe reveals 'criminal intent' - PI"

[Mark Smith]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:32:01 +1000
Dmitri Kalintsev <dek735 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Further developments:
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/09/google_wi_fi_sniffing/
> 
> "The paper said that frames from encrypted networks were discarded by
> gslite. Unencrypted bodies were written straight to disc, but not parsed by
> the program.
> 
> Privacy International believe this represents criminal intent - data
> protection law does not normally allow the interception of communications in
> this way.
> 
> PI said: "This action by Google cannot be blamed on the alleged 'single
> engineer' who wrote the code. It goes to the heart of a systematic failure
> of management and of duty of care."
> 
> "

Well then, lets not waste anybody's time and money with proper due
process, and null route google.com! That'll teach them! Internet
Vigilantes arise!