Privacy Advocates Frustrated By Fcc's Decision On Google Street View

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:11 PM

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#2 DannyHooverdoqz

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 08:28 PM

I see this is a real interesting subject!!!!! LMAO

#3 LordZordec

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Posted 17 April 2012 - 04:29 AM

One key takeaway - encrypt your (bleep)ing WiFi network! A key issue today is the amount of ignorance about technology in a world that is now run by technology. I work in IT so I take these things for granted, but the average person walking down the street has NO IDEA how any of this technology works, much less what the "best practices" are for implementing it. Ergo, they buy a router, unbox it, toss aside the instructions, and just plug up the "wires" to it. After playing with it for an hour, they somehow get it to work, and Bam! An unencrypted WiFi network named "linksys" wide open to the world. It works, and they don't care how or why - until the FBI knocks on their door about the 30GB of child porn someone downloaded via their network.

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Posted 17 April 2012 - 11:06 AM

I am told that God fights on the side with the heaviest artillery. It could be the side with the most money. An advertiser once said he could sell dead cats to the board of health with a free hand and big enjough budget. Goopgle has been doing some very heavy advertising.

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 02:58 AM

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“They intercepted personal communications,” she says. “No one has the right to intercept a personal communication.”

How wrong can one get?

The RF spectrum is public space.

And, it is a long and well settled principle that one can have no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public space.

This post has been edited by deepsand: 18 April 2012 - 02:59 AM

While each is entitled to his own opinion, no one is entitled to his own facts.

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Posted 19 April 2012 - 03:30 PM

deepsand, on 18 April 2012 - 02:58 AM, said:

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“They intercepted personal communications,” she says. “No one has the right to intercept a personal communication.”

How wrong can one get?

The RF spectrum is public space.

And, it is a long and well settled principle that one can have no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public space.

I agree completely. If you run your WiFi network without any encryption then you're doing the equivalent of standing just inside an open window of your home and shouting. If I'm in the street outside and I overhear you, I'm not invading your privacy. The burden isn't on me to cover my ears and ignore what you say. If I walk by carrying a running tape recorder and I capture your words as I pass - it still isn't my problem. Close your damn window - in other words, turn on encryption. WPA2 these days.