[AusNOG] Google creepier than Conroy?

[Andrew Oskam]

Apologies there, iPhone lagged out.

But I think Scott is thinking the same thing I am.

Sent from my iPhone
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Andrew Oskam

On 30/05/2010, at 9:49 AM, Scott Howard <scott at doc.net.au> wrote:

> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Bevan Slattery <Bevan.Slattery at staff.pipenetworks.com 
> > wrote:
> The flagrant disregard for what it is alleged to have occurred is  
> breath
> taking.  Based upon reports (which are yet to be substantiated) there
> has been a systematic and intentional approach to intercepting
> telecommunications services and misappropriate data that was in the  
> most
> part meant to be a private transmission between the user and their  
> home
> DSL wireless gateway.
>
> There's two very distinct elements here, and I think it's worth you  
> clarifying which of the two you are referring to, as it impacts the  
> majority of the comments make in your email.
>
> Are you referring to Google's "intentional" (by their admission)  
> capturing of SSID and MAC address details from Wifi networks as they  
> drove past.
>
> Or are you referring to their "non-intentional" (by their admission)  
> capturing of user data from those networks?
>
> From all accounts both occurred, but to treat them as a single item  
> - especially when referring to intent - makes the presumption that  
> even someone like Google can't be human occasionally and make a  
> mistake.
>
>   Scott.
>
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