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Liberalwife
47 / female
north, England, UK
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Google Street View
Google street view has recently been launched here in England, and already people are up in arms about its "invasion of privacy". Is it right, or even fair that people can be seen quite clearly exiting sex shops, smoking a sneaky cigarette or taking the secretary to lunch?
Others say it is a burglars guide to "online shopping"!
I'm not really sure what I think about it yet, but I do know one thing, if God isn't watching over me, Google sure is! 
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| March 28, 2009, 06:45 |
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Re: Google Street View
There were comlaints here when Google "improved" thier earth views. Havn't heard anything about it since.
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| March 28, 2009, 20:23 |
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ashkats
64 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: Google Street View
well that what happens when ya lose your rights to privacy, ya know a camera can go anywhere your eyes can go...so i been told and what i seen in the view, it wasn't like i could read the paper on my pick nick table from orbit....  
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| March 28, 2009, 23:24 |
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Re: Google Street View
Personally, I don't care. There's security cameras and states have cameras for traffic.
If someone has such a pathetic life that they feel the need to watch me, then I feel sorry for them.
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| March 29, 2009, 08:30 |
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Re: Re: Google Street View
QUOTE (JCSOS @ March 29, 2009, 08:30)Personally, I don't care. There's security cameras and states have cameras for traffic.
If someone has such a pathetic life that they feel the need to watch me, then I feel sorry for them.
yeah, me too, that must be a boring job...to watch an old truck driver from South Dakota... 
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| March 29, 2009, 10:42 |
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Re: Re: Re: Google Street View
QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ March 29, 2009, 10:42) QUOTE (JCSOS @ March 29, 2009, 08:30)Personally, I don't care. There's security cameras and states have cameras for traffic.
If someone has such a pathetic life that they feel the need to watch me, then I feel sorry for them. yeah, me too, that must be a boring job...to watch an old truck driver from South Dakota...
It is. I don't even like it.
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| March 29, 2009, 17:00 |
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Re: Google Street View
There's an up side and a down side to these street cameras. Yes, I think it's an invasion of privacy... on the other hand, some of the simple corner cameras have helped catch criminals... anyone from a purse snatcher to a murderer. 
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| March 30, 2009, 09:45 |
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Liberalwife
47 / female
north, England, UK
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Re: Re: Google Street View
QUOTE (MoonHowler @ March 30, 2009, 09:45)There's an up side and a down side to these street cameras. Yes, I think it's an invasion of privacy... on the other hand, some of the simple corner cameras have helped catch criminals... anyone from a purse snatcher to a murderer.
I fully agree with CCTV and its lawful purpose. Just seems bizzare that Google can get away with displaying personal images, when a guy here recently got a
caution off the police for taking a photograph in the park of his own kids.
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| March 30, 2009, 10:18 |
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Re: Re: Re: Google Street View
QUOTE (Liberalwife @ March 30, 2009, 10:18) QUOTE (MoonHowler @ March 30, 2009, 09:45)There's an up side and a down side to these street cameras. Yes, I think it's an invasion of privacy... on the other hand, some of the simple corner cameras have helped catch criminals... anyone from a purse snatcher to a murderer.
when a guy here recently got a
caution off the police for taking a photograph in the park of his own kids.
Now that's a load of crap!
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| March 30, 2009, 10:32 |
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Liberalwife
47 / female
north, England, UK
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Google Street View
QUOTE (MoonHowler @ March 30, 2009, 10:32) QUOTE (Liberalwife @ March 30, 2009, 10:18) QUOTE (MoonHowler @ March 30, 2009, 09:45)There's an up side and a down side to these street cameras. Yes, I think it's an invasion of privacy... on the other hand, some of the simple corner cameras have helped catch criminals... anyone from a purse snatcher to a murderer.
when a guy here recently got a
caution off the police for taking a photograph in the park of his own kids.
Now that's a load of crap!
Yep, a load of crap, but sadly true. We have a new indoor/outdoor water park built here, an ideal party venue for young and old alike. Photography is totally banned!! It's friggin nuts!! 
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| March 30, 2009, 11:02 |
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wandering5tar
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London, England, UK
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Google Street View
QUOTE (Liberalwife @ March 30, 2009, 11:02) QUOTE (MoonHowler @ March 30, 2009, 10:32) QUOTE (Liberalwife @ March 30, 2009, 10:18) QUOTE (MoonHowler @ March 30, 2009, 09:45)There's an up side and a down side to these street cameras. Yes, I think it's an invasion of privacy... on the other hand, some of the simple corner cameras have helped catch criminals... anyone from a purse snatcher to a murderer.
when a guy here recently got a
caution off the police for taking a photograph in the park of his own kids.
Now that's a load of crap!
Yep, a load of crap, but sadly true. We have a new indoor/outdoor water park built here, an ideal party venue for young and old alike. Photography is totally banned!! It's friggin nuts!!
Outdoor water park in the North East - shurely, shome mishtake.
Mind you must be huge numbers of erect nipples given the local's aversion to clothing. Maybe that's why photography's banned canny lass.
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| March 31, 2009, 06:45 |
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ashkats
64 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: Google Street View
i hent to get gas at one place the other day and there is camaras mounted in the sides of the gas pumps, at waist hight just so they can get you plates if ya drive off
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| March 31, 2009, 21:55 |
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Re: Google Street View
QUOTE (Liberalwife @ March 28, 2009, 06:45)Google street view has recently been launched here in England, and already people are up in arms about its "invasion of privacy". Is it right, or even fair that people can be seen quite clearly exiting sex shops, smoking a sneaky cigarette or taking the secretary to lunch?
Others say it is a burglars guide to "online shopping"!
I'm not really sure what I think about it yet, but I do know one thing, if God isn't watching over me, Google sure is!
I've been reading this thread since it's been posted, and this morning I ran across an article on the CNN website...
"(CNN) -- Google's ambitious plan to offer a 3-D street level view of communities across three continents hit a snag when angry residents of a UK village blocked the search engine's camera car from photographing their homes.
Broughton, can be seen from the air on Google Earth, but not from the ground.
Fearing the appearance of their well appointed properties on the Web site would attract criminals scouting for burglary targets, villagers in Broughton, north of London, summoned the police after spotting the car."
Hey, I like people that when faced with something they don't like, take action dammit!!! 
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| April 4, 2009, 09:33 |
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Re: Google Street View
Still on the CNN site....their polls show this...
Would you object to Google's Street View showing your home?
Yes 42% 17331
No 58% 23770
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| April 4, 2009, 09:37 |
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Re: Google Street View
So Lib dahling, what hamlet do you hail from?
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| April 4, 2009, 19:49 |
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Re: Re: Google Street View
QUOTE (ptr61dhn @ April 4, 2009, 19:49)So Lib dahling, what hamlet do you hail from?
Start Earth googling North England and just look for her....that shouldn't take too long eh?
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| April 5, 2009, 13:36 |
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Re: Re: Re: Google Street View
QUOTE (Chazzy @ April 5, 2009, 13:36) QUOTE (ptr61dhn @ April 4, 2009, 19:49)So Lib dahling, what hamlet do you hail from?
Start Earth googling North England and just look for her....that shouldn't take too long eh?
Your right, I just have to wait for the clouds to go away and look for Lib on her lawn chair sunny herself.
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| April 5, 2009, 17:07 |
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Re: Google Street View
Is that her flippin' your off there? Do ya see her?
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| April 8, 2009, 13:19 |
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Liberalwife
47 / female
north, England, UK
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Re: Google Street View
Hmmm, now come to think about it, I have noticed a guy lurking around my front bush lately armed with a fancy vid/camera...Can you confirm your recent whereabouts please, Ptr?
But yeah, like Chazzy said, I'm not hard to find, just head for the Northeast, part the clouds and up I pop!
(oh, and btw..i was referring to the bush on my lawn of course!)
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| April 8, 2009, 15:16 |
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Re: Google Street View
I wish I was in the NE part of England, but just down here in SoCal enjoying the weather. 
And dang Lib, I was hoping it was the other bush 
Is omg? (a brit thing, not a text thing)
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