Court Declares Google Liable For Wi-Fi Snooping

Maser_24 writes: A federal appeals court this week ruled that Google could be held liable for civil damages for the company's 2011 scandal involving the company's collection of Wi-Fi data from unsecured hotspots using their Street View vehicles. To come to that conclusion, the court followed a rather unique logic path; according to the court, unsecured Wi-Fi hotspots are not "radio communications" that are "readily accessible" to the general public and therefore Google violated the Wiretap Act.