[LINK] Here come the Google vans...

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> We knew it was coming, but I still find it a bummer:
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/google-to-get-up-close-and-personal/2008/04/09/1207420485894.html 
> 
> 
>> HIGHLY detailed panoramic street-level photos of much of Australia 
>> will soon be published by Google, but the executive in charge of the 
>> project is making no assurances that private homes, faces and number 
>> plates will be obscured.

So, what do Linkers think of buddy mapping (the site is flaky, so
you may need to persist)
<http://www.buddymapping.com/maps/marghanita>

>>
> I've always found Google's "because we can" attitude offensive, but at 
> least this item of reporting breaks the media's "Google rule", which in 
> general is to give Google as soft a ride as possible. Still, there's no 
> way to let this pass:
> 
>> when it came to protecting people's privacy Google was at the mercy of 
>> the "flaws of the real world and human error".
> Que? Why would a journalist let Google get away with this cop-out? 
> "We're going to do this thing, but if it goes wrong, don't blame us."
> 
> I suppose I should be relieved that nobody was quoted in the story with 
> the totalitarian sophistry of "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" ...
> 
> Richard Chirgwin
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