In what may have just become the largest class-action lawsuit in American history, the U.S. Supreme Court denied hearing the appeal of a lower court ruling that Google maps’ “Street View” cars were not exempt from state and federal wiretapping laws.
Why would Google need to wiretap wile doing Street View? If it's just taking a picture of every house, there is no need to collect data from each house.
"Google says there’s little chance the plaintiffs will find records of their Wi-Fi communications, even though their homes appear on Google Maps and Street View. But the company was forced to admit that the code in the software on Street View cars was programed to capture and store data transmissions from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks five times a second."
That is a definite breach of privacy. I hope the court finds Google guilty. You reap what you sow, and if you are not willing to do the time, don't do the crime.