“Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal, who has been leading the month-old investigation, sent a third letter to Google on Wednesday asking, among other things, whether it had tested the feature’s software before putting it to use,” Hansen reports. “Doing so, he said, should have uncovered any glitches responsible for the unwarranted collection of e-mails, passwords and other personal data of those who failed to protect their networks with passwords. ‘Google’s responses continue to generate more questions than they answer,’ he said in a statement. ‘Now the question is how it may have used — and secured — all this private information.'”
Hansen reports, “Blumenthal, who is running for Sen. Christopher J. Dodd’s seat, also said that attorneys general from 37 states and the District of Columbia have officially joined the probe, including those from Texas, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Massachusetts. Eight states would not be identified because their laws bar them from disclosing investigations, he said.”
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Taking your private info and use it without you knowing it is a bit cruel, isn’t it? it’s so wrong and twisted.
Why would google do this??? Another “accident ” on googles part!!! Please, how long will it take for people to realize who to trust,,
I, for one, would like to know where all the free WiFi is in my city. I could save over $100 per month in data fees easily, if I knew where to get free access near anywhere I happened to be.
Google, here is an example for you all to consider:
There is a woman wearing a dress. Just because she is wearing a dress doesn’t give you the right to photo up her dress when she is not looking.
What you did is invasive. Period. What were you all thinking and why would you stored, sorted out or even viewed that information? You had no use for that information unless you intended to sell or redistribute that information.
Google is the NSA.
This is Google, We’ll steal it and then claim it was an accident or unintended. We’ll keep stealing personal information even after we say we are not, then when we’re catch again we’ll claim we didn’t know. In the interim we’ll use the stolen data and profit from it handsomely. Because we claim we do no evil everyone will just brush it off as Google made a mistake and didn’t make any profit’s from their thefts.
This is Google and everyone just needs to live with it or they need to make their government representatives pass laws that will regulate Google in a very controlled manner.
Cash strapped states gather like vultures over Google- seeking cash settlement.
i am no apologist for Google, but this smaks of a multi-state shakedown for profit. Besides, telecommunications is Federal- not state & the first action by the Google Lawyers will be to get it thrown out on that basis.
New Headline Posted : “I am no apologist for Google, but this smaks of a multi-state shakedown for profit. Besides, telecommunications is Federal- not state & the first action by the Google Lawyers will be to get it thrown out on that basis.”
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If you truly believe what you had posted then I feel sorry for you.
There is NO WAY using the example you have proposed that this would be used as a defensive measure by google as leverage for a injunction to “Throw”.. as you say” it out.
You watch to much drama TV.
The real world doesn’t function like your personal feelings and the way you think things should go.