I want to hear your opinion:
Yesterday Google and the launch of its new application, Google Street London, was making the headlines of every national newspaper.
Today it appears that some area of London will be blanked out over fears for privacy breach. Allegedly the face of a man walking out from a sex shop has been recognised.
What do you think? I personnally had quite a bit of fun trying to locate my sister’s apartment in Paris, but I guess wrong-doers can always find a much dodgier use to this otherwise really cool application.
Please feel free to tell me what you think, I’ll put the results together and publish it in a next post.
Check out the link on bbc.co.uk: Google View snapshots of people’s everyday life and their surprise and comments at finding themselves on Google Street.
I loved this story too – especially the man being arrested and the man coming out of a sex shop. Gutted for them, amusing for us.
Working in property, this is really helpful to get to know what an area actually looks like. And I imagine it’s invaluable for people looking to rent or buy new homes and trying to cut down a massive list of far-flung properties.
On the downside, I’m sure potential burglars will also find it pretty handy.
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