Watchdog Group questions Google's relationship with NSA
Google is in hot water again -- or it will be if Consumer Watchdog can persuade the public to ask Congress to take action over the Google "Wi-Spy scandal." Additionally, Consumer Watchdog published a report, Lost in the Cloud: Google and the US Government, that highlights Google's relationship with NSA and claims the search giant has also "inappropriately benefited" from close and secretive relationships with other government agencies.
Google Street View cars spent three years collecting wireless data from millions of private users in 30 countries, information such as passwords, web browsing history and emails. Consumer Watchdog calls it the "largest wire-tapping scandal" the world has ever seen, yet Congress has not held any hearings. John Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's Inside Google Project, said, "The details of the biggest privacy breach in history shouldn’t be settled in secret. This...