France fines Google €100,000 over Street View

User Comments: 15

1. March 21, 2011 4:35 PM
   lipe123 said:

   CNIL should spend that 100k now to fine every person with an unsecured network 100Eu!!

   Honestly they are the real "criminals" here enabling spammers and such.

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2. March 21, 2011 5:09 PM
   krayzie said:

   why does google need this information?

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3. March 21, 2011 5:11 PM
   vangrat said:

   krayzie said:

   why does google need this information?

   They don't it was "inadvertent" >.>

   Btw, that botnet client on your desktop, yeah that one, please ignore it. K thx.

   sigh...

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4. March 21, 2011 5:49 PM
   

   Benny26, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   Quite a fail for Google..I'm sure there's a few more fines to come.

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5. March 21, 2011 6:03 PM
   gwailo247, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   I wonder if Google will present them with a giant check, like they give lottery winners.

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6. March 21, 2011 6:33 PM
   Lionvibez said:

   I don't follow how is google at fault because the french users are dumbasses and can't secure their own networks?

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7. March 21, 2011 7:05 PM
   

   Cota said:

   LionVibez said:

   I don't follow how is google at fault because the french users are dumbasses and can't secure their own networks?

   Well hater, its not like they sniffed whit malicious software to obtain passwords, emails and such information, connecting to a wifi spot is one thing doing "sniffing" on that network is another thing.

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8. March 21, 2011 9:12 PM
   

   Wendig0, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   $142,000? lol, the attorney's fees are several times more than that... I wonder how Google will ever be able to pay that off?

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9. March 22, 2011 12:01 AM
   Guest said:

   140.000 $ !!!!! that's not even wourth a spot in a newspaper, come onnnnn!!! that's probably the cost of 1 camera on one of those cars!

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10. March 22, 2011 3:39 AM
    

    Lokalaskurar said:

    Guest said:

    140.000 $ !!!!! that's not even wourth a spot in a newspaper, come onnnnn!!! that's probably the cost of 1 camera on one of those cars!

    Actually Google uses several different cameras, though the most expensive model is likely to cost twice that amount...

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11. March 22, 2011 6:41 AM
    

    stewi0001 said:

    I guess the driver was bored and wanted to sniff around while he drove...

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12. March 22, 2011 7:06 AM
    Guest said:

    Come on this has been done before they got sued for the same thing in the UK last year and they won

    Waste of court time if you ask me

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13. March 22, 2011 7:43 AM
    Guest said:

    The French law says don't do this and Google did it, so they pay, done deal.

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14. March 22, 2011 3:19 PM
    Guest said:

    street view on norc.ro

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15. March 22, 2011 10:43 PM
    

    bonniesmith said:

    100,000 fine, billions profits = still good

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