[LINK] google misdeeds and Australia's Privacy Commissioner

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 09:09 +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > and they didn't give consent for Google to collect their network
> > transmissions.
> 
> they didn't need to. they broadcast it publicly for anyone to overhear,
> whether they knew that was what they were doing or not. 

The key point you seem to be missing, and that Richard and others are
trying patiently to make clear, is that it is the *collection* aspect
that makes something a privacy issue. That is, there is a difference
between overhearing something and eavesdropping, and a difference
between picking up this or that and deliberately building a collection.

I don't know if RC et al understand the tech, but in this case it really
isn't very relevant.

Regards, K.

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