Google Claims Wi-Fi Data Gathering Legal

Three Congressmen have called for a FTC investigation of Google's discontinued practice of gathering data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, but the search provider claims it broke no U.S. laws.

InformationWeek
Jun 14, 2010
Google has told three Congressmen that it doesn't believe it broke any U.S. laws in gathering data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, a now discontinued practice that has sparked lawsuits in the U.S. and legal troubles in Europe.

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