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Google admits to collecting WiFi payload data by mistake

May 16, 2010 — 6:53pm ET | By Lynnette Luna

Google admitted that it has, by mistake, been collecting payload data from open WiFi networks at the same time it collected publicly broadcast SSID information and MAC addresses to provide location Read more >>

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