<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />|  Google Grabbed Locations of Phones, PCs<br />|   from the  gift-that-keeps-on-giving dept.<br />|   posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 27,  @05:11 (Google)<br />|   with 213 comments<br />|   <a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/27/0529228/Google-Grabbed-Locations-of-Phones-PCs?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/27/0529228/Google-Grabbed-Locations-of-Phones-PCs?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />[0]1800maxim  writes "As it turns out, Google didn't only grab the hotspot<br />[1]SSIDs and MAC  addresses with its Street View cars. As this article at<br />CNET notes, Google  also [2]recorded location data of computers using<br />wireless cards, as well as  cell phones and other Wi-Fi devices. Google's<br />explanation is that the data  collection was accidental, and they declined<br />to answer further questions from  CNET."<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /> <a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/27/0529228/Google-Grabbed-Locations-of-Phones-PCs?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/27/0529228/Google-Grabbed-Locations-of-Phones-PCs?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /><br />Links:<br /> 0. <a href="mailto:max.bar@hotmail.com">mailto:max.bar@hotmail.com</a><br /> 1.  <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/23/0522228/Google-Street-View-Logs-Wi-Fi-Networks-MAC-Addresses">http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/23/0522228/Google-Street-View-Logs-Wi-Fi-Networks-MAC-Addresses</a><br /> 2. <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20082777-281/street-view-cars-grabbed-locations-of-phones-pcs/">http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20082777-281/street-view-cars-grabbed-locations-of-phones-pcs/</a><br /><br /></p>