Google finally admits that its Street View cars DID take emails and passwords from computers
| Google finally admits that its Street View cars DID take emails and passwords from computers | |
| Published on 10-25-2010 | Email To Friend Print Version |
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Source: UK Daily Mail Google was accused of spying on households yesterday after it admitted secretly copying passwords and private emails from home computers. The internet search giant was forced to confess it had downloaded personal data during its controversial Street View project, when it photographed virtually every street in Britain. In an astonishing invasion of privacy, it admitted entire emails, web pages and even passwords were ‘mistakenly collected’ by antennae on its high-tech Street View cars. Privacy campaigners accused the company of spying and branded its behaviour ‘absolutely scandalous’. The Information Commissioner’s Office said it would launch a new investigation. Scotland Yard is already considering whether the company has broken the law. Google executive Alan Eustace issued a grovelling apology and said the company was ‘mortified’, adding: ‘We’re acutely aware that we failed badly.’ |
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