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According to The Register, Google Street View cars in Germany have been scanning Wi-Fi networks and recording users' Media Access Control (MAC) address, which are unique identifiers assigned to networks, without permission. The country's Federal Commissioner for Data Protection Peter Schaar isn't happy about it, either. "I am appalled... I call upon Google to delete previously unlawfully ...
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By the way, I'm podcasting on basically zero sleep, so this should be fun.
If you're not seeing chat with the podcast, just refresh that bad boy. A little F5 should make things right as rain.
Going to be podcasting live with @peterrojas here in about 15 minutes. Have questions? Send 'em our way! http://t.co/dgErVbTGJw
It also has a heck of a view. http://t.co/mSJ8cnO3Kc
