Re: yeah, right.

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

> > Apparently, gathering MAC addresses was no accident.  
> > Combined with location information from the car, 
> > wouldn't that allow tracing the whereabouts of mobile 
> > devices in some cases?

Yes, in theory, very inefficiently, since they don't repeat paths. They
could also run people over with their cars, at least in theory.

> > It's been reported that the excess collection amounted 
> > to 600 GB over 3 years. To put this in perspective, I 
> > probably wouldn't notice if I retained 60 GB of 
> > unnecessary personal email (such as spam) during
> > that time period. 8-/

Some more perspective: I could buy a 750GB drive for $40. I suspect
600GB of storage costs Google considerably less. Why should they notice
this much extra data?

I'm sure what was important to them is that the code they lifted from
some other project was gathering what they wanted and they just
overlooked the fact that it was gathering other things. Why screw with
the code and possibly break it?

LJS


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