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Google Says Complete Privacy Does Not Exist
schliz writes "In a submission to court, Google is arguing that in the modern world there can be no expectation of privacy. Google is being sued by a Pennsylvania couple after their home appeared on Google's Street View pages. The couple's house is on a private road clearly marked as private property." Here is our previous story about Google Street View privacy issues.
Next time I see a Google van on my private roads, it will be greeted with a bazooka. On my lands, there can be "no expectation of safety."
Do you really want to see Eric, Larry, or Sergi with a "wardrobe malfunction"?
There can be no expectation of frequency.
I think I speak for many of us oldtimers when I say:
GOOGLE! GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN!
Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
But it makes for some mighty polite Door-to-Door salesmen.
This space for rent. All reasonable inquiries will be entertained at proprietors discretion.
It actually works the other way. The council I work for commissions the arial photography and sells it to google.
Mmmm, pictures of hot nude fonts...
"Your honour, my clients knocked on the gate and shouted 'WHERE'S YOUR ROBOTS.TXT?' three times. When the plaintiffs didn't answer, that's when my clients opened the gate and took pictures of everything. What's wrong with that? Nothing! I rest my case."
We'll have bigger problems to worry about, because physics will be broken.
FGD 135
Funny thing is, if they had just kept quiet this would be a non issue. How many people would be going onto google maps and looking at their specific spot on the planet. Now that they have raised a stink, people from all around the globe will consider visiting the famous "privacy" home. Their actions are like someone jumping up and down saying "Don't look at me, don;t look at me".
There's a name for this 'effect', but it escapes me at the moment....
Announcing Google Home View!
Just click on a house to see pictures of the interior and it's occupants in the restroom!
Yeah well...when I was flying, we didn't have motors, or wings! We had to walk uphill, in the snow (important for the landing bit) to the edge of a cliff with nothing but a parachute, made of twine and burlap cloth, in case the feathers we were holding in our hands didnt work, AND WE LIKED IT.
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. -- George Carlin
>> neighbourhood taking pictures of all the girls sunbathing topless in their own backyards
I'm sorry, which neighborhood was that again?
How the hell are blue and green circles saying "This Image Hosted By Tripod" going to keep the Google Street Team off my land?
Oppressing an entire population is never cheap.
--Jeckler (/. Beta IS GARBAGE!)