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  • Offline zpyder

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on: April 09, 2009, 22:41:14 PM
Bit gutted its not in my area yet, not got a problem with it tbh.

But I was checking it out for the first time, and the first street in southampton I clicked on, and the first house I turned to look at, had a car with an unblurred number plate in it ><
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  • Offline Bacon

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Re:Google Street View
Reply #1 on: April 09, 2009, 23:47:45 PM
Dont worry you can apply to get your image changed/removed. /Sarcasm off Not that you should have to dispute in the first place.
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  • Offline Mark

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Re:Google Street View
Reply #2 on: April 10, 2009, 23:27:43 PM
I think its ludicrous that people are campaigning against it.

These are the descendants of those that held witch hunts many moons ago.
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  • Offline Sam

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Reply #3 on: April 10, 2009, 23:34:18 PM
I think its perfectly reasonable for people to complain that people can see their curtains or their garden flowers. I mean its all about privacy dude.
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Reply #4 on: April 10, 2009, 23:39:51 PM
I agree that I wouldnt want anyone to be able to look through my window, but things like this are a genuine technological advancement IMO.
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Reply #5 on: April 11, 2009, 00:48:38 AM
Aye. Ive not got a problem with it at all. The number plate thing is a bit of a bummer though, as I would say itd be nice to think their error rate isnt such that the odds of finding an unblurred plate is mere seconds.
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Reply #6 on: April 11, 2009, 01:45:27 AM
I wonder if anyones ever flashed the google van.

There was a story that the google van caught a woman moving into a new house and the ex then was able to track her down which she didnt want at all. But he couldnt have just been looking and hey bingo there she is.

It might even help some crimes, it did capture a mugging in the USA!
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  • Offline Beaker

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Reply #7 on: April 11, 2009, 02:32:47 AM
I live right next to a main road, and the garden is viewable from a height over the road.  These things would look straight in, and if Im sat in my back garden having a beer, or just chilling out then yeah, id request removing from it.  

Itll fall foul of UK privacy laws if they arent careful.  While you have no right to complain about having your pic taken in public, when you are on your own property, and have taken reasonable precautions to secure your privacy they must remove anything that could be considered an invasion of privacy.  Even not having curtains and them taking pics wouldnt be a defence.  
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Reply #8 on: April 11, 2009, 10:48:41 AM
Im guessing a lot of it is dependent on your property.

Being at the end of the culdesac, not much harm can come from my house being on, apart from number plates. My dad got rid of all his replica guns from the cabinet that might have been visible through the window, which is a shame, as itd have been classic to look like a small military was holed up in my house.
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