Prompt

Unlike their wired counterparts, wireless connections don$$t have the built$-$in security of requiring a physical action, such as a wiretap, in order to access them. A wireless connection is dispersed through the air, in all directions.

Google engineers decided to use their Street View cars for $$wardriving$$the practice of driving streets and using equipment to locate wireless hotspots at coffee shops and home wireless networks. Google collected information about Wi$-$Fi networks $($such as the MAC address, SSID, and strength of signal received from the wireless access point$)$ and associated it with global positioning system $($GPS$)$ information. Google also added code to record all unencrypted packets$$or what is known as $$payload data$$within range of Google$$s Street View cars.

The controversy over Google$$s wardriving Street View vehicles raises core ethical issues regarding the wireless Internet. Google$$s defense claims that there is nothing wrong with collecting data from unsecured wireless networks because, by design, those networks broadcast their activity for all to see.

In one to two paragraphs:

Explain the likely assumptions that third parties, such as Google, make regarding information privacy and security.

Explain the likely assumptions that the users of unsecured networks make regarding information privacy and security.