Um. Things are so messed up at Google right now, they need to look at a few good prototype 37c reviews to see if those wrinkles can be ironed out before people get too upset.

“Don’t be evil” has gone all 1984 on us. Or so it seems after Google revealed Friday that its Street View cars, in addition to snapping photos of the world’s roadways, have also been collecting sensitive personal information from unencrypted wireless networks.

It was no secret that Google’s cars had already been collecting publicly broadcast SSID information (Wi-Fi network names) and MAC addresses (unique numbers for devices like Wi-Fi routers). But this techie data, which is used for location-based services such as Google Maps, didn’t include any “payload data,” or personal information sent over the network.

Wow.

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