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Article #150Re: NEWS: Google's Wi-Fi snoop nabbed passwords and emails
From: JC Dill
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:22
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:22
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Malcolm Hoar wrote: > In article <ec4o165c3s0ac1n3u4ifmv5unffkholfuf@4ax.com>, John Navas <jncl1@navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> "However, we can already state that [...] Google did indeed record >> e-mail access passwords [and] extracts of the content of email >> messages." > > That's not good but if folks are using cleartext passwords > over a wireless connection, they really shouldn't have a > "reasonable expectation of privacy". Not just using cleartext passwords over wifi, using cleartext passwords over UNPROTECTED wifi. (If they had any protection on their wifi, then Google wouldn't have connected or recorded anything.) In that case they absolutely have no expectation of privacy. It's like shouting your password to your friend across the street. jc
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