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Google has raised fresh privacy concerns in the US, thanks to its new Street View service on its maps. It is apparently not enough that the advertising broker would like to find your next job for you, or tell you what you might want to do at the weekend, now it wants to peer into your living rooms.
Oakland California resident Mary Kalin-Casey complained to the advertising giant after she found a picture of her flat on Street View, in which she could see her cat, who was sitting inside at the time, the New York Times reports.
(Casey first aired her concerns on BoingBoing, naturally enough, but says she has now alerted Google as well.)
She told the NYT:
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"The issue that I have ultimately is about where you draw the line between taking public photos and zooming in on people's lives. If the government was doing this, people would be outraged."
TheRegister wrote:
Casey's mail to BoingBoing has triggered a search for amusing or embarrassing pictures on the Street View service: people standing outside strip clubs, going into porn shops, or scaling the outside of buildings. Pictures of scantily-clad sunbathers are also in high demand.
It has also prompted widespread discussion of the privacy implications of Google's service: is it OK to publish candid snaps of ordinary people going about their everyday lives?
Well i've seen worse through Google's Streetmap service, women in g-strings ad parking offences...
Heres my collection! http://www.englishforums.com/English/Streetview/vwcxr/Post.htm
The vehicle that records 360 degrees images used on streetview - http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/the-google-street-view-vehicle-revealed/
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... vehicles used to create the voyeuristic, 360-degree, street-level images in Manhattan's concrete canyons and beyond. Well, here's a hint: that's Immersive Media's vehicle reflected in the Street View picture captured above. Now, if they could just find ET we'd be all set. Oh right, they have. Oh Google, is there anything you can't do?
You can not see my cats through Google World, they remain indoors. BUT, if you know where I live, you can see my flower and shrub gardens, my birdfeeders, and how dirty my car is.
There are millions of intercepted telephone calls a day, millions of postal mailings opened, read, and resealed. If you want to be noticed, someone will notice you. If you want to remain hidden, someone will notice you. If you want to simply be you, no one will ever pay any attention.
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