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26 April 2010

Uh, oh. Now Google's cataloging MAC addresses.

So here’s the scenario. Google’s Street View vehicles are traveling all over the world, sucking as much information into Google’s ginormous databases as they can find. Some of that information shows up in the publicly-available Street View application and some, apparently doesn’t. According to an article in the German SPIEGEL ONLINE, Google’s roving spy cars are also cataloging WiFi network information, including MAC addresses and available SSIDs.
Source:  ZDNET http://asurl.net/kYH