Is Google Going Too Far?

"It's a tough area, but it just seems there is no way around the fact that public spaces are public spaces," Weinstein said. "You don't want to create an environment where it becomes illegal to take photos in public. It can be riskier not to be able to see something than it is to be able to see something."

thats the last paragraph in the article and thats my standpoint.
 
I think that super sweet. I support street view.
 
We have cameras all over downtown MPLS...and I guess Google would know everything about the city then...Glad I dont live in MPLS...:lipssealedsmilie: Yeah, the Privacy act has been going round and round...And they were even talking about putting taps on people's phones also...Now that is carrying it a bit too far.....
http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/01/19/gore-planned-to-tap-every-phon/


btw...sa...love the av...
 
Those that are concerned prob have something to hide lol. Im sure it's not real time so not like you can hit refresh 10 times and get a realistic idea of whts going on. Google hasn't update their satilite photo of my parents backyard in awwhile so i wouldn't wrry......unless it's real time, then panic:eek3:
 
I don't think it's the fact of the cameras that disturbs people, it's the context of the cameras. There's a vast difference between people being aware they are observed and people who are being watched over. If you knew the observers at the other end of the camera were employees, trained and hired to look after YOUR best interests, you'd be happy about the cameras. Problem is, they are'nt. When some politician declares something is in "the public's best interest" these days, no one belives them. All too often, only a tiny slice of the public gets the best interest, and the rest of us get hosed. Might be time to look at how your interests are served before the next elections?
 
The problem really isn't google, more over the people who took the pictures and posted them. and then the copy and paste that J dub did.
 
better watch out, google may be watching......
 
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