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Google Street View - opt in or opt out? 

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What does Bill look out for when he’s casing a house in readiness for a spot of breaking and entering? Windows that are hidden by landscaping, tall bushes and shrubs, perhaps? More than one way out? A side passage or side door? Detailed alarm signs on the exterior wall that gives him the necessary information to disable it? An attached garage that affords cover, another way in, or even a stash of valuables? Nearby A -roads or motorways for a quick getaway? A house on a thoroughfare rather than a dead-end street or cul-de-sac? A gaff near a park or wooded area that's easy to disappear into? Or does he just look out for the nearest internet café and Google Street View where he can case the joint virtually in eye-boggling detail? He could yesterday. Maybe he can’t today. Because Google have had to black out areas of London and blank out dozens of images. Not as a security risk, but in response to a number of complaints about invasion of privacy. But for the millions of homes now open to the view of credit -crunched ex-cons, shouldn't this be a clear-cut case of opt in to Google Street View, not opt out?
Published Mar 20 2009, 04:45 PM by Dan Douglass

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by CF
March 23, 2009 2:08 PM
 

Well surely Burglar Bill can see exactly the same things by, er, walking down the street? Any burglar equipped with a pair of eyes and an OS map can achieve the same as he can with Google Street view. And it's pretty hard to opt out of having your house visible to real-life passers by walking down a road, burglars or not. Isn't this rather a fuss over nothing? Indecent images - yes, remove them. But your house? I don't see the point...

 
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