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Originally Posted by sammyg2
Nothing put photos of public places and places that are visible from public places.
I see no problem with that.
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When Google first offered the street view a couple of months ago, some people in the news media got all upset about "privacy concerns." Unfortunately, the media was so incompetent in their research, that it was under the impression that this service provided "live" footage of street views.
People were making the comment that this would allow stalkers to keep tabs on their victims in real time. The fact is that the street level photos are shots taken, on average, months ago. They show only things visible from the street, which is not protected by privacy laws anyway.
I'm no fan of Google -- I have an effective short position in their stock -- and I'm a strong advocate of privacy rights, but this street view technology is a non-issue. (Although I'm betting it is costing Google a good deal of money, which they will not turn a profit on -- this being good for my position in the stock.)