Yet another Google StreetView beatup
I just read this article on theage.com.au and thought i'd post considering StreetAdvisor uses the new technology.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/08/11/1218306724273.html
Losing his best friend in a freak boating accident was bad enough.
- Picture pulled
- Renewed privacy concerns
- Street View monitored
But Google's Street View has made a bad situation worse for Bill, from Victoria.
Bill - not his real name - had been drowning his sorrows over the weekend after the Friday funeral of his friend and felt worse for wear when a taxi dropped him off at his mother's home early on Monday February 4.
Feeling ill, he lay on the grass, and fell asleep.
The next thing he knew was being woken up by police in the morning.
He wasn't aware that Google's camera-equipped car had driven by earlier and snapped his picture.
Read the rest of the article
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/08/11/1218306724273.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/08/11/1218306724273.html
Losing his best friend in a freak boating accident was bad enough.
- Picture pulled
- Renewed privacy concerns
- Street View monitored
But Google's Street View has made a bad situation worse for Bill, from Victoria.
Bill - not his real name - had been drowning his sorrows over the weekend after the Friday funeral of his friend and felt worse for wear when a taxi dropped him off at his mother's home early on Monday February 4.
Feeling ill, he lay on the grass, and fell asleep.
The next thing he knew was being woken up by police in the morning.
He wasn't aware that Google's camera-equipped car had driven by earlier and snapped his picture.
Read the rest of the article
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/08/11/1218306724273.html
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Looks like Gizmodo was thinking the same thing you were AJ:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/notes_why_is_streetview_getting_so_much_negative_press.html
They raise a very good point by saying the guy who complained about invasion of privacy to the media outlets should have just raised it with Google. Ironicaly, Google have removed the image yet the screenshot remains on every media site who covered the story. Quite funny really!!
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