Google Under Pressure To Reveal Street View Engineer Names
Google is under pressure to name the engineers responsible for the “rogue” piece of code that downloaded personal information from unsecured wireless networks.
The data was collected by Google‘s Street View cars, which were meant to just take photographs and record the location of wireless networks.
38 US states have formed a coalition, headed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and are now demanding the names of the engineers at fault.
“Google must come completely clean, fully explaining how this invasion of personal privacy happened and why,” said Blumenthal.
“We are asking Google to identify specific individuals responsible for the snooping code and how Google was unaware that this allowed the Street View cars to collect data broadcast over wi-fi networks,” he added.
Blumenthal added that legal action would be taken if Google was not forthcoming with the information the coalition in demanding.
“We will take all appropriate steps, including potential legal action if warranted, to obtain complete, comprehensive answers.”
Google responded by saying: “It was a mistake for us to include code in our software that collected payload data, but we believe we did nothing illegal.”
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on Jul 22 2010. Filed under Latest News, Technology.
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