Beware: Google ‘Street View’ Captures Everything

May 15th, 2008

By Ben

About a month ago we wrote about a couple in Western Pennsylvania that is suing Google because they claim images of their home available through ‘Google Street View ’ violated their privacy and devalued their property.

Well, there are some more interesting Google ‘street view’ stories that have recently come up:

• One girl was found flashing the Google cameras as they drive by.
• In Australia, a man is captured falling off his bicycle.
• And my personal favorite, a drug deal that is captured in 9 different shots.

Since there have been privacy issues brought up – especially in Europe – Google has started to blur the faces of people that are captured by the camera.

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