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Google Says Complete Privacy Does Not Exist

Posted by samzenpus on from the open-books dept.

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.

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  1. Re:more or less true, but . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."

  2. Re:Wanted: addresses of Google employees by wisty · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you really want to see Eric, Larry, or Sergi with a "wardrobe malfunction"?

  3. Re:more or less true, but . . . by godfra · · Score: 5, Funny

    There can be no expectation of frequency.

  4. Old man speaks up by freeweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I speak for many of us oldtimers when I say:

    GOOGLE! GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN!

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  5. Re:Trespassing by powerlord · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a pretty retarded law :/

    But it makes for some mighty polite Door-to-Door salesmen.

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  6. Re:Perhaps they should photograph around by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

  7. Google's defense attorney... by martin-boundary · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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."

  8. Re:Fences, Gates and Guards.... by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> neighbourhood taking pictures of all the girls sunbathing topless in their own backyards

    I'm sorry, which neighborhood was that again?

  9. Re:Fences, Gates and Guards.... by Mix+Master+Nixon · · Score: 4, Funny

    How the hell are blue and green circles saying "This Image Hosted By Tripod" going to keep the Google Street Team off my land?

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