Google stops sniffing Wi-Fi data after privacy gaffe
Google has decided to stop its Street View cars from sniffing wireless networking data after an embarrassing privacy gaffe.
Google has decided to stop its Street View cars from sniffing wireless networking data after an embarrassing privacy gaffe.
Google has ceased collecting Wi-Fi data as part of its Street View program days after being sent a letter by privacy groups worried about security and privacy.
The Electronic Frontiers Association (EFA) and Australia Privacy Foundation (APF) have jointly questioned potential security breaches conducted by search giant. Google's Street View program.
The EU has ordered Google to delete images captured for its Street View service after six months.
It's like deja vu all over again for Google</a> with privacy concerns related to its Street View Maps.
Australians have picked Lord Howe Island as one of the top off-road attractions which they would like to see on Google Street View by the Google Street View Trike.
The Street View Trike will soon begin capturing images of Australia's off-road locations
Australian residents can look forward to a visit from one of Google’s snap-happy vehicles, as the search giant has recently announced an update to its Street View offering.
Stonehenge has been revealed as the first UK tourist attraction that will be photographed for Google's Street View.
Google has added a real estate search to its Google Maps service in Australia, letting potential home buyers view available properties across all real estate companies in a particular area.
Google's popular and yet controversial (in some places) Street View service received a nifty update, in the shape of smart navigation. By now, users had to navigate through Street View using some pretty basic forward and backward arrows along the roads, but things got better now.
Germany and Google remained at odds Wednesday over how the company holds certain data used for its Street View map imagery.
Following reports that Google's Street View camera cars have been banned in Greece and chased out of a village in England it now appears that Japan has attacked the service.
Google is running into problems with privacy advocates in Japan and Greece over its Google Maps feature, Street View. Google plans to re-shoot Street View photographs in the twelve Japanese cities currently available in Street View after privacy complaints. At issue was the fact that Google's Street View cameras were mounted so high they were shooting over private fences and into Japanese homes. Google says it will lower its cameras by 16 inches for its re-shoot and for all future Street View photographs in Japan. Street View cameras are mounted on cars and take photographs with 360-degree views of the surrounding area.
Google Monday launched Street View on Google Maps in New Zealand. Street View lets users view and navigate 360 degree street-level imagery of local cities, towns, regions and remote areas.