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Germany Demands WiFi Data from Google

Kevin J. O'Brien reporting in the New York Times: "Google came under increased pressure in Europe on Tuesday over its collection of private data from unsecured home wireless networks as a German regulator threatened legal action if the company did not surrender a hard drive for inspection. The German demand underscored the seriousness of the quandary Google now faced after its admission last Friday that it had stored the snippets of Web sites and personal e-mail messages..."

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Related topics: Law, Privacy, Security, Wireless

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