The Telegraph (June 4, 2010) reports that Google, which had been caught earlier recording private wifi messages has just ‘fessed up to the seriousness of what it did:
“In an interview with the Financial Times, the search engine’s boss admitted the company could have gained access to the personal details of millions of unsuspecting internet users.
Google is currently at the centre of a global privacy storm after it admitted that its Street View cars had mistakenly collected information
The company, based in Mountain View, California, is currently facing a series of international investigations over the crisis after it admitted recording information broadcast via unsecured wireless networks in family homes.”
Apparently CEO Schmidt didn’t come clean at once. (And not for the first time). At a round-table at the Zeitgeist conference in London he first said:
“It’s highly unlikely that we’ve captured any useful data in that, and nothing has been done with that data.”
Now he’s singing a different tune:
“He also said he could not rule out the possibility that personal data, such as bank account details, was among the data collected by the its controversial 360 degree electronic picture mapping vehicles. ‘We screwed up. Let’s be very clear about that.’”
Schmidt blamed the mishap on a Google engineer who’s now facing disciplinary action. The engineer inserted a “rogue” code into the street car software, in violation of the company’s code. It’s also in violation of the UK Data Protection Act.
Supposedly in an effort to resolve the matter, Google officials are handing over the rogue date to European regulators within the next two days.
I’m really not sure how much that improves things. Now, not only Google, but the government gets permanent records of PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS.
What’s even worse than the incident itself is Schmidt’s cavalier and arrogant attitude. Far from being contrite or instituting any changes in company policy, he insists that eliminating “20 percent time”, where employees pursue personal projects, would have a “chilling effect on creativity.”
“Google is big and Google is disruptive by design. We are trying to do things that are new and when you disrupt things, the people who are being disrupted complain.”
Wow. Someone should tell this tone-deaf manager that snooping into people’s lives is not creative disruption. It’s a gross violation of privacy. . (It doesn’t help that Schmidt strongly supports the “War on Terra (Mater)“..and thus the whole concept of Homeland Security).
He [Schmidt] added: We are in the information business and everyone has an opinion about information. But the laws [covering these areas] are inconsistent.”
This is pure bunk. No government law is needed to know that recording private conversations is wrong, wrong, wrong.
“But I am sure that all successful organisations have some arrogance in them.”
That sentence can stand on its own. It speaks for itself in its insufferable sanctimony, much like the company’s quite inapposite “Don’t Be Evil” slogan.
Meanwhile, the UK government is taking no action. It says Google’s promises to delete the data “as soon as reasonably possible” is good enough.
Google is simply playing games with those weasel words. How do we know that the error really was an error? How do we know those households weren’t specifically targeted? It wouldn’t be beyond Google, which routinely finds its way to the top of privacy advocates’ lists of bad actors and which recently got in trouble for privacy violations related to the launch of Google buzz.
Time for a class-action suit to get a real response.
Meanwhile, what you need to do:
Use an encrypted, password-protected connection for your wifi network. Small networks that store SSID and/or connect automatically may not need to broadcast the network’s name. Open your router’s settings and disable the option for “SSID Broadcast” or look up the instructions to do it on the router’s website.
US Gov Darpa/Bama Get Your Wifi Torture Implant out of me and US citizens !! Howard Raymond – David Thornton
Invisible Microwave Implanting the USA , “Voices in My Mind” They said USA may be 40 % Complete!
US Gov. Darpa (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, invisible Alien Tech.) (Invisible) Advanced Alien Technology taken from all past alien captives and spacecraft in USA. US Gov. Darpa Implanted my family for war without our knowledge?
I love Darpa and their Adv. Invisible Alien Technology but not their microwave implant plan and agencies for civilian mind control warfare, surveillance and yes low level microwave torture!
I’m Lee Lee563@ykcwb.com and I’m US Gov. Darpa Wifi Warfare implanted for US citizen surveillance and elec. mind control torture!
Non-US natives Howard W. Raymond married to David Thornton from London also want all this Obama Dem. Adm. top secret wifi the world info put out or they wouldn’t have told me all this. This is a US terrorist takeover!
If you use a computer or cell phone you are probably Darpa Gov. Wifi implanted. It can be silent.
This micro is installed from his Howard’s home using porn site monitors to your monitor to your right eye retina with an invisible Adv. Alien Tech. Microchip program. He said his Darpa Exe. Obama Darpa micro implant forms a micro cell in your eye and brain with a voice to skull phone connection you can hear like a cell phone. They will mind control torture you with wifi Darpa Military Warfare programs .
This microwave implant also forms an invisible adv. Alien tech. Cam that can view anything anywhere in your room or anywhere at any degree where ever you go! Raymond records and sells you and your sex like his father did in London 20 years ago on porn online sites!
He sells and tortures Virtuagirl.com, Virtuaguy.com, Paulraymond.com and most porn viewers every day because he is Bama Gov. Immune.
I still don’t know why US Gov. Darpa Raymond want their wifi implant the US program plan to be known!
Howard said US Darpa Government Warfare harassment implants and torture are legal with their own Darpa Exe. Laws.
My Freedom of Speech and Invasion of Privacy Act are no longer in effect, Bama?
Howard said he and thousands of Darpa Gov. Billionaire implanters will be killed if they don’t microwave implant the USA!
Darpa/Obama I am posting this because it is true and brain damaged Raymond and Thornton are married and microwave harassing me!
Howard an David are Gov. Water Inspectors from 72310 Blue Ridge Ct. Palm Desert, CA. 92260. They love gay sex, drugs, and their porn income and salaries from the US Christian taxpayers for this? Darpa Implanting US citizens!
Howard and Thornton told me Bama is the AC man and they work for him implanting the USA for 1 mil a year plus 1 mil dollar bonuses !!!
This is very unbelievable and it still is to me but is true! Virtuagirl.com and all online porn members your sex is being sold.
I am posting this because Raymond is Bama Darpa Gov. Immune and loves torture, deceit and hate (yes Satan’s qualities),
He is a wifi torture Satan God on Earth. He is microwave harassing me now with a US Gov. Darpa Invisible Electronic Micro Retina Right Eye Implant from your computer ‘s monitor (believe it or not -or email me Lee563@ykcwb.com).
Howard said they are implanting, torturing the USA Civilians for AC demonic cause and US installation is 40% Complete!
Gov. Wifi Expert Raymond said the US Gov. franchises and regulates all online porn sites. Christian tax payers?
Raymond and his Exe. are and can invade US citizens privacy and freedom of speech, demonically implant, sell your sex, harass and torture you. Is there a worse crime a Gov. Official or any human could do ?
Howard said top Gov. Officials and police are implanted.
Love the US Darpa Gov. Invisible Alien Tech. but not on myself and citizens. Worldwide Wifi Human Implants!
Howard W. Raymond one of many Gov. Certified Darpa Agency Wifi Experts.
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-2442243/King-Soho-Paul-Raymonds-sons-pictured-time-launch-party-writes-RICHARD-KAY.html
David Thornton C. Lauper’s stage husband one of many Gov. Certified Darpa Agency Wifi Tech. Experts.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861513/
Believe it or not, Invisible Armor, Airplanes and Tanks! Darpa.
http://www.darpa.mil/
http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisible-tank.htm
https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AvnbezRIwpReW_ZoeA.X3RObvZx4?p=US+Darpa+invisible+tech.&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-901
Darpa Posts Are Results Of Obama/Raymond Micro Torture Implanting USA .
Unbelievable! Darpa (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) Invisible Adv.
Alien Tech. Invented the internet and Howard says Obama’s Darpa Agency is micro implanting the USA and World using and internet program from a US Gov. Darpa Alien Tech. restructured computers taken from real extraterrestrials!
I am Lee lee563@ykcwb.com I was told by Howard Raymond A US Gov. Darpa Agent that I was Obama Darpa Agency micro implanted 3 years ago by Jay Leno’s Wifi Service, Palm Springs, CA. from an alien computer from Raymond’s Gov. Condo 72310 Blue Ridge Ct., Palm Desert, CA 92260. Howard said (and I confirmed this with CA. police) he is Obama Gov. Immune a Palm Desert, CA. Water Inspector amd Darpa micro implanter with Jay Leno, D Thorton and many celebrites that have their own porn sites to view and implant you with. Howard said Leno was arrested for this when he lost his jog at NBC. Neighbors could view him doing through his wifi tower and he didn’t know they could view him. Howard said Obama got them released from jail 6 times for this micro implanting and tortureing US citizens.
Howard Willliam Raymond is really mentally retarded and stated his Darpa Agency
like thousands of Obama Darpa Agents US and World Wide are installing Darpa Invisible Adv. Alien Tech. micro invisible programs (not a real micro chip) in your right eye retina from the net and from your computer or cell and believe it or not forms an invisible cell phone connection and an invisible cam that can view you at any angle, record, harass or wifi torture you. It’s unbelievable! It is Advanced Invisible Alien Darpa Tech. using restructured computers taken from real extraterrestrials spacecraft captures for technology and alien computers for alien war.
Raymond says Palm Desert., Palm Springs CA. Police Depts. don’t know they are invisiblly micro-ed they only know about the physical micro implants they don’t have. Police do little with complaints they are bond under Obama’s Darpa US Covert Takeover. Darpa is military and has priority over Constitutional Rights or any rights of a US Citizen or human being Darpa said it is called The New World Order and you can’t stop this world wide terroist takeover! Try! Obama was named Darpa Executive last year. Main Darpa base may soon be in CA. USA
US Gov. Darpa (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) Invisible Tech. Cloaks, Airplanes, Tanks.
http://sentme.hubpages.com/hub/DAPRA-The-Future-of-Mind-Control
http://www.unexplainable.net/technology/the-invisible-tank.php
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Darpa+Invisible+tech.&qpvt=Darpa+Invisible+tech.&FORM=VDRE
http://coolinterestingstuff.com/darpa-ready-to-defend-the-earth-from-aliens
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-2442243/King-Soho-Paul-Raymonds-sons-pictured-time-launch-party-writes-RICHARD-KAY.html
They do not have victim support, but scan for implants. Contact: Jesse Beltran (US), Lars Drudgaard (Europe)
E-mail: us@icaact.org (US), eu@icaact.org (Europe) Website(s): http://www.icaact.org
They do not have victim support, but scan for implants. Contact: Jesse Beltran (US), Lars Drudgaard (Europe)
E-mail: us@icaact.org (US), eu@icaact.org (Europe) Website(s): http://www.icaact.org