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etc: Google was pranked recently by a group of German artists who attached a GPS device to a Google Street View car in Berlin.
Google was pranked recently by a group of German artists who attached a GPS device to a Google Street View car in Berlin.
Continue reading »Swiss want freeze on Google Street View
The number of complaints launched against advertising company Google’s Street Views is significant, to understate the situation. Its response is always, Problem? What problem?
Continue reading »Does Google Street View racially profile people?
Has Google, with its Street View ’service’, inadvertently created a racial profiling system? Vehicles equipped with panoramic cameras tour the streets and byways of the world taking pictures of everything they come across. The results are then displayed on Google pages.
Continue reading »More Google Street View privacy problems
p2pnet has been pointing out privacy problems with Google advertising hook Street View since the day it was launched. Complaints have been pouring in not only from individuals, but also governments, around the world. Ask Beatle Paul McCartney .
Continue reading »Google Street View ’scary’: police expert
“This is scary,” said Patrick Mates, looking at the detailed, 360-degree images available on Google Street View. He’s quoted by the CBC in the story focusing on the efforts of giant American advertising company Google to convince Canadians its Street View product is a valuable service instead of an invasion of their privacy. “Mates has been trained by the Ottawa police to do free security audits for people who request them,” says the story, going on »»» He checks locks, windows, doors and lighting, then offers tips on how to make the house more secure.
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