(If the latter scenario - visitors with Wi-Fi capable devices - is at all common, consider buying a wireless router that allows for 'guest' access to the Internet only, not to other devices on the WLAN)
But returning to Google and the AFP: "The likelihood of a successful criminal prosecution in this matter is considered to be low," according to an AFP spokesperson, so in the light of Google's undertakings to the Australian Privacy Commissioner the matter has been dropped. As it should.
2013 is well underway and Australian companies need to know whether they should invest in IT skills training or pay a premium for the people they need.
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Stephen Withers is one of Australia¹s most experienced IT journalists, having begun his career in the days of 8-bit 'microcomputers'. He covers the gamut from gadgets to enterprise systems. In previous lives he has been an academic, a systems programmer, an IT support manager, and an online services manager. Stephen holds an honours degree in Management Sciences, a PhD in Industrial and Business Studies, and is a senior member of the Australian Computer Society.
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