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Google Car

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I spotted this Google Car up in Donegal and ended up following it all the way across the county. It'll be interesting to see if end up on Google Maps Street View, as he was speeding up to try and lose me. Without sucess.

 

They were in the news in Ireland today for harvesting data and storing it from people's unsecured wi-fi devices.

 

National Data Protection guidlines do not apply to Google.

 

Discuss.

 

From the Irish Times: "Google said its fleet of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world had for several years accidentally collected personal information - which a security expert said could include email messages and passwords - sent by consumers over wireless networks."

 

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Uploaded on May 18, 2010
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