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Consumer Group Says Google May Have Tapped State Secrets
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.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Wades Into ‘SpyFi’ Fiasco
Thursday, July 8, 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.
Continue reading...Google Should Answer Some Searching Questions
Wednesday, June 30, 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.
Continue reading...Consumers pondering Google/Viacom ruling
Friday, June 25, 2010
A federal court decision this week throwing out Viacom’s’ $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube, has consumers and copyright holders wondering about its implications. (Viacom says it will appeal.)
Continue reading...Will Google’s Newspass save serious journalism?
Monday, June 21, 2010
Can Google drive a cultural change in news consumption? That’s the question raised by an Italian newspaper’s report that the Internet search giant will launch a premium news content paywall system called Newspass by year’s end.
Continue reading...What Is Google’s Editorial Line?
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Google’s charm offensive to the news industry continues with Google News inventor Krishna Bharat talking optimistically about the future of journalism at Stanford earlier this month. What Bharat did not talk about was perhaps more interesting than what he did.
Continue reading...State AGs heed our call for WiSpy probe
Friday, June 18, 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.
Continue reading...Will Google Music take on Apple’s iTunes?
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The story that Google is going into the music business, first floated by Tech Crunch last fall, has returned with CNet’s Greg Sandoval citing “multiple music industry sources” saying the launch could come this fall.
Continue reading...Google: Wi-Fi Spy Data Wasn’t Used
Friday, June 11, 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."
Continue reading...Ten Consumer Advocate Groups Ask Congress to Strengthen Privacy Bill
Tuesday, June 8, 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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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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