Remember a few years ago when Google got itself in that whole little Street-View-cars-collecting-personal-Wi-Fi-network-data debacle? Well, it looks like the case is finally being settled, and it’s not just the people who had their privacy stripped before their very eyes that are benefitting—everyone gets a piece of the pie! Because in addition to being fined $7 million (the same amount literally burned every week after management has their giant-pool-of-money bath), Google is being forced to teach everyone about a little something they like to call “passwords.” In order to prevent the damage done by the cars snooping on other people’s networks—which they claimed was done under the instruction of a rogue engineer—from ever happening again, Google’s first step will be to start an annual “privacy week event” for its employees.
Google’s Going to Teach the U.S. How to Use Passwords
on 3.13.13
Author: Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).
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