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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. 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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  5. 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...

  6. 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?