Google Staff Knew All Along About the Street View Data Breach

Areportissued by the Federal Communications Commission reveal that the Google engineer responsible for collecting secret info via wireless networks from Street View auto repeatedly recount his colleagues about the controversial nature of what was happening .

The Guardian reportsthat Google hasposted a written matter of the FCC ’s reportonline in the interests of transparence . It let on that one of the engineers on the squad responsible for the Street View package informed other colleagues — include a elderly manager — that it was designed to collect personal information in 2007 and again in 2008 .

Back in 2010 , it became known that Google hadcollected masses of data point — including emails and text messages — from WiFi networks when its Sreet View cars drove around city . The praxis go on for three years before coming to a arrest . About the new story , a spokesman for Googletold the Guardian :

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“ We decide to voluntarily make the entire papers available except for the figure of individuals . While we disagree with some of the statements made in the document , we agree with the FCC ’s conclusion that we did not break the law . We desire that we can now put this matter behind us . ”

All in , Google has gotten away passably lightly over the whole issue . In the end , the FCC hasonly ticket Google $ 25,000over the entire thing , and even that was only for impede the Federal Communications Commission ’s investigation . [ The Guardian ]

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