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Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 9:46:07 AM   
selfbnd411


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http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/candid+camera+street+map+fears/542172

Candid camera' street map fears

Last Modified: 02 Jun 2007
Source: PA News

Google calls the latest change to its online maps Street View - but it is looking more like Candid Camera.

In San Francisco, there is a man picking his nose on a street corner; at Stanford University, there are a couple sunbathing in bikinis; in Miami, there is a group of protesters carrying signs outside an abortion clinic.

And in other cities, you can see men entering adult book stores or leaving strip clubs.

The feature provides high-resolution photos to enable street-level tours so users can get a more realistic, 360-degree look at locations.

But potentially embarrassing or compromising scenes are raising questions about whether the internet's leading search engine has gone too far in its latest attempt to make the world a more accessible place.

"Everyone expects a certain level of anonymity as they move about their daily lives," said Kevin Bankston, a staff lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a group devoted to protecting people's rights on the internet.

Street View was introduced on Google maps for the San Francisco Bay area, New York, Las Vegas, Denver and Miami earlier this week.

The California-based company is already planning to expand the service to other US cities and other countries.

Privacy experts believe these kinds of issues are bound to arise as technology makes it increasingly easy to share pictures and video on the internet, pitting the rights of free expression against the rights to personal privacy.

To guard against privacy intrusions, Google said all the photos were taken from vehicles driving along public streets during the past year. The photos will be updated periodically, but the company has not specified a timetable.
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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 10:16:34 AM   
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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 10:26:29 AM   
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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 10:29:34 AM   
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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy

It is not lost on me that some of th biggest names in the pc/internet world, Steve Joss, Bill Gates, The Goole Guys are staunch, liberal democrats.


Just another sad post from a man that just doen't get it.

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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 12:05:58 PM   
pahunkboy


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watching the real life tape is boring. endless hours of same ole stuff.

i suppose they will put them where lovers go parking- then we can get a close up and see who "swallows" and who don't/ 


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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 7:21:17 PM   
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what are the chances of being recognized??

watching the real life tape is boring. endless hours of same ole stuff.

i suppose they will put them where lovers go parking- then we can get a close up and see who "swallows" and who don't/ 


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you'd need infrared imagery to pull that off, if folks are keeping up the tradition of parking at night....

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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 7:34:51 PM   
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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy

It is not lost on me that some of th biggest names in the pc/internet world, Steve Joss, Bill Gates, The Goole Guys are staunch, liberal democrats.


We know.

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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 11:01:55 PM   
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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 11:03:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy

It is not lost on me that some of th biggest names in the pc/internet world, Steve Joss, Bill Gates, The Goole Guys are staunch, liberal democrats.


Can't slip one past you!

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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/2/2007 11:32:48 PM   
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"Hey look! Isn't that Al Frankin comming out of that Gay Bar with the blonde guy?"
"There goes his Senate bid up in smoke!"
Yeah, that could be fun!

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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/3/2007 12:44:09 AM   
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I think the whole public camera /surveillance mentality is creepy, period.





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< Message edited by UtopianRanger -- 6/3/2007 12:47:24 AM >

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RE: Big Google is Watching - 6/3/2007 1:00:12 AM   
Lordandmaster


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Status: offline 		But it's a private corporation, not the government, and their motto is "Don't be evil," so there CAN'T be anything wrong with it.

An interesting view into the strange world of Google:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/02/05/070205fa_fact_toobin

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