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Federal regulators on Wednesday closed their investigation into Google’s collection of Wi-Fi traffic, without imposing any sanctions on the company.
Google discovered earlier this year, after inquiries from German data authorities, that it had been eavesdropping on open Wi-Fi networks from its Street View mapping cars, which had been equipped with Wi-Fi–sniffing hardware to record the names and MAC addresses of routers to improve Google services. In some cases, Google vacuumed in full e-mails as well as unsecured passwords.
While the company quickly admitted that it had made a mistake and temporarily grounded its fleet of mapping vehicles, the company faced a number of investigations around the world, as well as class-action lawsuits, some of which continue.
