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San Fran Supervisor Speaks Out Against Wi-Fi Plan

Filed in archive Wi-Fi by jeff goldman on May 01, 2006

San Fran Supervisor Speaks Out Against Wi-Fi Plan

Ben Charny of eWEEK reports that a member of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has said he has some objections to Google and EarthLink's plans to build a citywide Wi-Fi network in San Francisco.

San Francisco Supervisor Jake McGoldrick says he's concerned about the lack of public input on the deal. "McGoldrick's is the most powerful of the voices raised so far against a plan by Google and EarthLink to build a wireless network based on Wi-Fi, a wireless technology contained in most laptops," Charny writes.

This follows complaints by the ACLU of Northern California, along with two other San Francisco-based groups, regarding user privacy concerns.

"The economic and social benefits of free wireless internetlinks access are beyond reproach, and even the harshest critics laud Google and EarthLink for their intentions," Charny writes. "But in practice, there is a number of possible privacy concerns, the three groups told the city. For instance, the free service forces users to provide information that would let Google track their whereabouts, plus other details like an e-mail address."







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