Jonathan Schmidt wrote:
I understand that GOOGLE has a proprietary piece of client software.
Perhaps it's secured.
Are you thinking of the stuff that was (very briefly) available from
wifi.google.com, or something else?
(Note: The above URL now just redirects to the g00gle home page, but
I downloaded the client, and was most interested to see the tagline in the About window:
Tunc tua res agitur,
Paries cum proximus ardet.
Which my extensive training in classical Latin interprets as:
Then your property is in danger,
when the nearest wall is burning.
I'd definitely take that
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Subject: RE: [WISPA] Google's WIFI- San Francisco
Jonathan Schmidt wrote:
I understand that GOOGLE has a proprietary piece of client software
Imagine a network sniffer on the world's largest, free wifi network...
Then imagine more networks - NYC - Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Denver,
Etc...
Then imagine where all those sniffed bits go...yep...you guessed it, a
database...
Then guess where they determine what the most popular
] Google's WIFI- San Francisco
Imagine a network sniffer on the world's largest, free wifi network...
Then imagine more networks - NYC - Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Denver,
Etc...
Then imagine where all those sniffed bits go...yep...you guessed it, a
database...
Then guess where
