[LINK] Google StreetView Launched in Oz

[andrew clarke]

On Tue 2008-08-05 09:12:38 UTC+1000, Roger Clarke (Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au) wrote:

> "Perhaps in Google's world, privacy does not exist, but in the real 
> world individual privacy is fundamentally important and is being 
> chipped away bit by bit every day by companies like Google," NLPC 
> chairman Ken Boehm said.

So far, the biggest risk to privacy may be Google users inadvertantly
(and unknowingly) sending their home addresses to other people.  eg.
if you live at 1 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne and search for that address on
Google Maps, then right-click on the 'Link' to copy/paste the URL,
your search query will appear in the URL:

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1+St+Kilda+Rd,+Melbourne&sll=-25.324167,122.080078&sspn=39.046263,90&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.819446,144.968977&spn=0.008458,0.021973&z=16

This is more of an issue with Google Maps in general, and not
restricted to Street View, but the risk may be escalated due to Street
View's popularity.

Regards
Andrew