google map street view - violation of privacy?

[indyred2005]

Have you seen the google maps street view? Isn't this a violation of privacy? The reason I asked about violation of privacy is because I saw this on the news last night and a lady looked up her address and could see her cat in the window.I guess you can zoom in on addresses.

[The Figlet!]

Nope, becuase they are Still images... Not a video FeedSorry if your diserpointed

[naives]

As far as i know the satellite pictures are taken at some point of time and they take it with different zoom and from different heights and they processor it with the help of more complex software and make them in to three dimensional image or something like that. And they make it brows able and zoom able. This process is just like making a game. You draw different things and put that into a three dimensional environment by using that you can go to places where ever you want. Since this images are taken at some point of time. Its not live and its not video. Its just a image taken a month or may be a year back.

[Zanadoo]

I think calling it invasion of privacy is stretching it quite a bit. Those pictures are really old so anything that is viewable on Google Streets is at least a month old. I guess if you are caught in a provacitive position then maybe you could pull this like having sex with an open window or something. But that's your fault for not being a little bit more discrete.

In response to above post I don't think thats how Google Street works, I really think they got a ton of people and ran around taking pictures of streets to get the 360 view. I can't imagine the technology that would have to be used to get as detailed as they show, it'd be pretty scary intense. It's alot different than a game since in a game everything is programmed in so it's going off more than just a 2D picture.

[Kaisonic]

I do agree that it is a stretch to call it invasion of privacy. Streets are public property, so anything in clear view from public property is not an invasion of privacy to photograph. So if someone is hanging something in a window in clear view from the street (public property) then they shouldn't complain when it appears in photographs taken by random people. Houses are obviously private, but it's still the responsibility of the homeowner to make it private. It's not hard to pull down a shade to keep privacy. It's only when Google street view photographers go onto people's property that problems arise.

[flickall]

i think google is exploiting people;s personal life's
those services which they provide is not good & affect people's privacy

terrorists have a better way to target people & places with the help of google.
our lives are not safe with these types of services..

i still don;t know why people support these services
because you see your house on the Internet, because you become famous on the internet.

its bad for people who like to protect privacy because

Google always says the protect privacy - infact they are opening the door of PRIVACY.

[stjsrilanka]

yes i know it problem with privacy but think about it good side how it is good for peoples who not travel real place and how they feel watching after googale street view i think it good idea and briliant work ever googale done googale is best for everything