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Google Funny Street Views: Discreet Privacy

A couple of months ago, Google's web mapping service GOOGLE MAPS launched a new feature: Google Street View. A panoramic street level environment lets you descend from the sky and virtually travel through the streets. However, some very funny Google Street View images have surfaced on the internet raising privacy issues.

Consider for example, this image from the Chicago and you can see why we think Google Street Views are funny, yet concerning about privacy.

Already this publication has reported a lawsuit that a couple has filed against Google Street Views alleging that the service violates their privacy.

"Aaron and Christine Boring (yes, that's really their name) filed suit in Allegheny County court on April 2. The couple, who lives in Pittsburgh, says that there is a private road sign on their street that Google should have honored."

Patric Carlsson who writs for the Blog of Intellectual Capitals while explaining how useful Google Maps and Street Views can be contends that there are "some funny pictures to find aside from all the usefulness."

It's not known how many complaints Google Street Views will still receive and how is the company going to respond to them. However, one thing we are sure of is the fact that while many people are going to consider some of the Google Street Views to be funny, many others are going to think they are violating people's right to privacy.

 

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Hot trends for April 07, 2008

Color Trends Come to the Surface

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:10:50 PDT
Color Trends Come to the Surface 04/06/2008 posted in Coatings & Surface Engineering In European fashion right now, the colors black and white are all the rage. Interior designers and even automobile manufacturers typically follow, pro... Views: 12, Comments: 1 Last comment 04/06/2008 by 70AARCuda

Money News Delivers Travel and Holiday Insurance News for HolidayMakers

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:00:01 PDT

Abe Lincoln's 'heartfelt' letter sells for record $3.4M (CBC)

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:22:51 PDT
A "heartfelt" letter from Abraham Lincoln replying to a request for him to "free all the little slave children in the country" has sold for $3.4 million, Sotheby's said Thursday.

Reuters: Gun collections, gun stores, Germany, Texas — what’s the diff?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:25:43 PDT
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Oil rises near US$107 a barrel; poor US jobs data raise chances of more rate cuts (Oil-Prices)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:15:18 PDT
Oil prices rose Monday as prospects for further cuts in U.S. interest rates seemed more likely after poor U.S. jobs data at the end of last week.Light, sweet crude for May delivery rose 80 cents to US$107.03 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midday in Europe. On Friday, the contract rose $2.40 to settle at $106.23 a barrel.In London, Brent crude futures rose 56 cents to $105.46 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.The U.S. Labour Department said Friday that em

All Headline News (AHN) Opens New York and Washington D.C. News Bureaus

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:01 PST
West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) November 20, 2006 -- As part of a planned expansion program, All Headline News (AHN) has announced that it is opening two offices and news bureaus to expand news coverage...

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