[LINK] Google StreetView Launched in Oz

[Peter Bowditch]

I'm not too worried about pictures of my house being shown. You could 
always see the roof in Google Earth.

I do notice, however, that nobody was at home when Google took the 
pictures of my house in Northmead and my flat in Grenfell. If I was a full-
blown conspiracist this would make me very suspicious.

> I'm going to ask the question: Exactly how is a photograph of a house  
> on a street an invasion of privacy, when it isn't linked to any  
> individual?
> 
> The house is a visible, physical object that anyone can walk past and  
> photograph. The address of the house is, again, a known fact. Anyone  
> could already do that and, indeed, post the photo online with a  
> description. Real estate agents do it all the time. All Google has  
> done is photographed "everywhere" all at once, and shown us all the  
> results.
> 
> If we're worried about the facts of WHO lives in that house, well,  
> that data is already available all over the place.
> 
> Why don't we just start USING these tools for our benefit?
> 
> Stil

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Peter Bowditch
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Australian Council Against Health Fraud - http://www.acahf.org.au
Australian Skeptics - http://www.skeptics.com.au