Google Wi-Fi: No Such Thing as a Free Connection
A Fortune magazine article by Jia Lynn Yang, via CNN/Money, reports that:
Privacy watchdogs are scrutinizing Google's plan to deliver free WiFi to San Francisco—and they don't like everything they're seeing.More here.
Earlier this month, the city approved a joint proposal from Google and Earthlink to turn San Francisco into a giant wireless hot spot. Users will have two choices: They can pay Earthlink $20 a month, or get free access from Google if they're willing to tolerate a slower connection and Google's ads. They'll also have to sign in each time they use the network.
That log-in page worries privacy advocates. "Because you have to sign in to use it, they can attach your identity to anything you send through that pipe," said Chris Hoofnagle, a senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
posted by Fergie @ 4/26/2006 12:30:00 PM
1 Comments:
see my blog for a whole lot more on the San Francisco WiFi initiative
http://www.webnetic.net
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