[LUNA] Yay, Google!
Bob Nance
bob.nance at novationsys.com
Fri Sep 13 12:22:38 CDT 2013
http://blogs.computerworld.com/android/22806/google-knows-nearly-every-wi-f
i-password-world
Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world
By Michael Horowitz <http://blogs.computerworld.com/user/michael-horowitz>
September 12, 2013 10:44 PM EDT
If an Android device (phone or tablet) has ever logged on to a particular
Wi-Fi network, then Google probably knows the Wi-Fi password. Considering
how many Android devices there are, it is likely that Google can access
most Wi-Fi passwords worldwide.
Recently IDC reported
<http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24257413> that 187 million
Android phones were shipped in the second quarter of this year. That
multiplies out to 748 million phones
<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505124_162-57597453/android-extends-market-sha
re-lead-over-iphone/> in 2013, a figure that does not include Android
tablets.
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Bob Nance
Novation Systems
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