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Google Street View Raises Privacy Concerns

Posted by Zonk on from the we-see-everybody-now dept.

Pcol writes "The New York Times is running a story about a woman who says her cat is clearly visible through the living room window of her second-floor apartment using Street View and that she has contacted Google asking that the photo be removed. 'The issue that I have ultimately is about where you draw the line between taking public photos and zooming in on people's lives,' Ms. Kalin-Casey said in an interview. 'The next step might be seeing books on my shelf. If the government was doing this, people would be outraged.' Wired has started a contest on the most interesting photos found using the new Google Tool that now includes sunbathing coeds, alleged drug deals, and the google van itself. 'I think that this product illustrates a tension between our First Amendment right to document public spaces around us, and the privacy interests people have as they go about their day,' says Kevin Bankston, a staff lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation."

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  1. I'd complain too by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 3, Funny

    if everyone could see my pussy through a window on the internet.

    I'm so sorry, I just couldn't resist it...

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  2. If you look closely by hansoloaf · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you look closely at the cat in the picture
    You can see the cat looks desperate to get out of the house and away from the crazy lady.

    Perhaps we should band up and conduct a rescue raid.

  3. There's a solution to that by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny
    People like me, 42 and overweight, should leave our blinds open at all times. Eventually we'll start showing up in Google Views buck naked.

    And that will be the end of google views.

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  4. attention whore by codename.matrix · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well she doesn't want a pretty low res picture of her cat in Street View but has a high-res picture of her, her cat and the room on the nytimes.com ...

  5. Re:Well that's perfectly reasonable by Klinky · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a new product. Google Paparazzi(TM). "Where you're famous even if you don't want to be!"

  6. Re:not just her cat by clem · · Score: 3, Funny

    I agree. It's a whole lot of fuss over nothing. Like anyone's going to log onto the Internet to see some woman's pussy.

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