[LINK] Google StreetView Launched in Oz

[Eric Scheid]

On 5/8/08 10:30 AM, "Stilgherrian" <stil at stilgherrian.com> wrote:

> 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.

The difference is that if you were to "walk past and photograph", you too
would be exposing yourself to scrutiny. I believe this reciprocity factor
enters into the equation of the sense of invasion, especially with the
anonymity factor of the internet.

e.