Google's street view car wifi snooping was not an accident

A government report shows that Google's Street View cars were collecting emails and other data from WiFi users all over the world. Google leaders were informed about this, but the company insists it was 'inadvertent'.

The BBC reports that a recent report filed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shows that during 2007-2010, the web giant was collecting emails and other sensitive personal information (including passwords) using its Street View cars and that this was neither a mistake, nor the work of an unauthorized engineer.. read full article.