google probably wanted to map unsecured wifi to tell people where they can get wifi internet for "FREE". no need to war-drive. google will tell you where there are unsecured "FREE" wifi access points.
and Google could have been using that gslite sniffer to gather proof that individual wifi access points are indeed unsecured and freely accessible when google puts the list of them in their google search engine for "FREE" wifi search. they probably figured if whoever set up the wifi at those places did not secured them in the first place, then the chances are great they would stay unsecured forever. and then you will have google-listed "FREE" wifi access points for all to use. take whatever is technically freely-accessible out there and put it in the all-knowing all-seeking google search engine.
i love google but this is not beyond what google would do. google will of course never admit to this. but you know this is something that someone at google wanted to make a list of.
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