Missing the point - what *was* the indended purpose?
I think most people seem to be focusing on the 'OMG, invasion of privacy', 'It's unsecured, serves you right', and 'they didn't use it' arguments... However, I've yet to hear an explanation for why the software deployed actually captured the data? What *was* the indended purpose for the data captured - there must have been some, otherwise the engineer wouldn't have written the code in the first place. That is a far more interesting question. As others have said, millions use Google email services, so snooping a few random emails as a google car drives past a house is pointless compared to mining the data in the millions of emails they have stored on their servers. If you're worried about the wireless stuff, why aren't you hysterical about what they're doing with all that data behind closed doors?
WTF, for WTF was the intended purpose?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
