[LINK] Google StreetView Launched in Oz

[Ivan Trundle]

On 05/08/2008, at 1:22 PM, Eric Scheid wrote:

> 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.

...Unless you have to drive past in a car and use your mobile phone to  
take pictures. Or, alternatively, if you just happen to walk past  
along with hundreds of others. In today's society, that level of  
scrutiny is often zero.