"It is now clear that we have been mistakenly collecting samples of payload data from open wifi networks, even though we never used that data in any Google products." In a post on its European Public Policy blog on 27 April, Google stated that although it does gather wifi network names (SSIDs) and identifiers (Mac addresses) for devices like network routers, it does not gather "payload" data passed through those wifi networks.īut yesterday Google blogged that the audit had prompted it to "re-examine everything we have been collecting" and admitted its mistake.
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As well as systematically photographing streets and gathering 3D images of cities and towns around the world, Google's Street View cars are fitted with antennas that scan local wifi networks and use the data for its location services.
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