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Sniffing in StreetView’s Tracks

By Richard Waters , FINANCIAL TIMES TECH BLOG

8. July 2010

Google’s horrendous breach of privacy with its StreetView data-collection gaffe may at least have one beneficial consequence: making WiFi users think more about security. Consumer Watchdog, which has emerged as one of the main anti-Google agitators, decided to follow in the tracks of the StreetView cars – literally. It sent out its own vehicle to “sniff” the WiFi networks of certain members of the US Congress whose homes have been photographed by the Google service.

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Consumer Group Says Google May Have Tapped State Secrets

By Kitty Felde , KPCC 89.3 FM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO

8. July 2010

To find out, Consumer Watchdog picked five members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and drove around their D.C. homes. Using software downloaded from the Internet, they determined one of the five – Democrat Jane Harman of El Segundo – was using two unsecured networks.

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Consumer Watchdog Wades Into ‘SpyFi’ Fiasco

By Tony Romm + Kim Hart, POLITICO MORNING TECH

8. July 2010

COULD GOOGLE SPY-FI SNIFF OUT LAWMAKERS? Maybe, stresses Consumer Watchdog, a longtime, vocal Google critic. The group plans to make the case at a press conference on Thursday that Google’s Street View team not only intercepted unsuspecting Web users’ data transmitted over unsecured private networks, but is capable of doing the same with lawmakers’ sensitive information as well.

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Google Should Answer Some Searching Questions

By John M. Simpson , NEW SCIENTIST

30. June 2010

Google woos people with its “don’t be evil” slogan and assures us that everything it does is meant to enhance our online experience. But a new study by US advocacy group Consumer Watchdog – of which I am part – has found evidence that the internet giant’s search results are skewed to its own advantage.

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State AGs heed our call for WiSpy probe

Posted by John M. Simpson

18. June 2010

Attorneys general across the United States are responding to Consumer Watchdog’s call to investigate Google’s WiSpy debacle in which the company used its Street View vehicles to snoop on private WiFi networks for three years.

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Google: Wi-Fi Spy Data Wasn’t Used

By Jesse Emspak , INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES

11. June 2010

Some consumer advocates said the problem is that Google did not seem more open with what happened and why. “As this has unfolded we learn more,” said John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, which has criticized Google in the past. “I would like to see Google come clean about what they gathered.”

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Ten Consumer Advocate Groups Ask Congress to Strengthen Privacy Bill

By Giselle Tsirulnik , MOBILE MARKETER

8. June 2010

“The problem is that the bill relies too much on the idea of ‘notice and consent,’ which really hasn’t worked,” said John M. Simpson, a consumer advocate at Consumer Watchdog, Washington. “It also pre-empts stronger state laws and does not allow private action suits. These provisions are extremely unfriendly for consumers.

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Standing up to Google’s heavy-handed pressure

Posted by John M. Simpson

7. June 2010

I was in Washington, DC, last week to attend EPIC’s Champion of Freedom Awards Dinner. One honoree in particular prompted the cross-country trip: The Rose Foundation and how it stood up to Internet giant Google.

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Watchdog Says Google Has ‘Microsoft-like Monopoly’ in Key Web Areas

By Gautham Nagesh , THE HILL.COM -- HILLICON VALLEY BLOG

7. June 2010

“Google claims that its search is neutral,” said John M. Simpson of Consumer Watchdog. “This study shows that it’s not and demonstrates the damaging impact Google’s unfair practices have had on competitors.”

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Should Silicon Valley Be Worried About a Backlash?

By Chris OBrien , THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

5. June 2010

Just last week, Consumer Watchdog released a report claiming Google abuses its dominance of search to steer users to its other products. The revelation that the Google Street View team in Europe had “accidentally” collected large amounts of personal user data through Wi-Fi connections certainly hasn’t helped.

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Sniffing in StreetView’s Tracks

Consumer Group Says Google May Have Tapped State Secrets

Consumer Watchdog Wades Into ‘SpyFi’ Fiasco

Google Should Answer Some Searching Questions

State AGs heed our call for WiSpy probe

Google: Wi-Fi Spy Data Wasn’t Used

Ten Consumer Advocate Groups Ask Congress to Strengthen Privacy Bill

Standing up to Google’s heavy-handed pressure

Watchdog Says Google Has ‘Microsoft-like Monopoly’ in Key Web Areas

Should Silicon Valley Be Worried About a Backlash?