Google has your password!

....I don't see how it's a big accident to run around with dozens of cars stealing peoples data, why should the car have wifi capabilities in the first place, it's just supposted to be driving a camera around....

 

I unhooked my wi-fi connection about 2 years ago since I could pick uo 2 neighbors signals and managed to figure out one dudes password(hes a asshole) and looked through his computer while he was looking at some stupid shit,he could not tell I was on his server,etc..but since i'm not much of a "hacker" I figured if I could do it someone could hack my shit on wireless,so I unplugged the wireless modem thing and plugged my laptop into the cable modem itself..hope that keeps my shit a little safer...:sunny:

 

you just heard about this? This is a months old story...

 

its the first time I ever heard it too

resistance is futile

 

in this article it specifically states "last spring it was revealed" that google had been collecting info.

Though I have to say, if you are streaming wireless info from your place its tough to consider it theft when someone drives by and gets the signal. I would compare it to a kid who plays guitar too loud in the neighbors garage - is it stealing when the whole neighborhood hears him? Kid is the one pouring soundwaves wholesale onto the block!

There needs to be a way to resist the endless stream of invisible waves we are being pummeled with, from satellites to cell towers to every house in the city having its own wireless network there is bound to be physical repurcussions to the nonstop absorbing of these diff types of waves.

 

Google should have just deleted it rather than following the law and reporting that their code erroneously recorded received packets. It was obvious that the story would be spun this way, and frankly giving the data to government organisations is not exactly a great solution.

That said, anyone who transmits their passwords in the clear over the public airwaves is an utter fool, and pretty much a free lunch for the unscrupulous.

 

Speak freely while you still can

 

If you visit this site on wireless, you're a fool, then.

It didn't mean like login info for a local system, it's talking about web logins.

 

If I used unencrypted wireless, and then transmitted my web login password without using SSL, I would be a fool.
Thankfully most decent sites do use SSL for logins these days though.

Web logins are frankly far more useful to attackers than local logins, seeing as you don't need a local password for the vast majority of attacks against user machines.


Most routers come with encryption turned on, but some users still manage to not use it. WEP is nearly as bad, any idiot can pull the password out of the air in a few minutes (I've done it enough times).

I don't bother reading any traffic logs I may receive, I'm frankly not interested, I just want some internet.