By Tim Worstall, Contributor It looks like Google is going to have to pay a $7 million fine over the data slurps that accompanied Google Streetview expeditions. I have to admit that I cannot quite see the point of this at all: Google Inc is nearing a $7 million settlement with some 30 U.S. states over a 2010 incident in which its Street View mapping cars collected passwords and other personal data from home wireless networks, according to a person familiar with the matter. I do wonder rather what is the point of this. Google has accepted that it made a mistake. The FC agreed that there wasn’t really any evidence that they’d violated wire tapping laws or anything. They were charged a $25,000 fine for not being entirely and wholly open in the investigation but that was about it. Fining Google $25k isn’t even a wrist slap. It’s a “tsk” and a “what would you mother think about this?” to a corporation that wealthy. …read more
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