Google Street View logs WiFi networks, Mac addresses
Google’s roving Street View spycam may blur your face, but it’s got your number. The Street View service is under fire in Germany for scanning private WLAN networks, and recording users’ unique Mac (Media Access Control) addresses, as the car trundles along.
So Google is war-driving now. Good to know. (Via Brian, via the Register)
Source: theregister.co.uk