I don't kow why this thread with fresh comments was closed
blogoscoped.com/forum/171536.h ...

but Google has its response (as PDF) posted e.g. at

+ Show PDF

Sum up : "We are sorry".

Juha: Topics are closed after one week i think

OK, then it is not based to the timestamp of last posts. Okay.

And now:
'Google's Street View Wi-Fi data included passwords and email messages':
infoworld.com/d/networking/goo ...