Google grabbed locations of phones, PCs

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1800maxim

on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @11:10AM

1800maxim writes "Turns out, Google didn't grab just the hotspot SSIDs and MAC addresses. As this article from CNET outlines, Google also recorded location data of PCs/laptops, which had wireless cards, as well as cell phones and other WiFi devices. As usual, Google's explanation is that the data collection was accidental, and fails to answer further questions from CNET."
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