G-maps wtf?

[bds]

Can someone please explain to me why the guys at google think this is an acceptable level of imagery to be freely available and easily accessible on the internet?



Yes, that is my parents bedroom.



... Am I over-reacting, or am I justified in WTF-ing at the new level of detail on google maps?

[notathing]

thats terrible.

[Enrico Salazar]

You are overreacting.  Unless your parents are terrorists.

[bds]

Just trundled around my estate a little bit, and, well, I would imagine net curtain manufacturers are expecting record profits.

[Jasper]

I don't take it that way, because nobody is going to use g-maps to spy on me.  I just don't make enemies that pathetic.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Since it's a static image and not continual surveillance, I wouldn't worry about it.

[bds]

Yeah. I'm not so much worried about it, because the image itself is almost entirely harmless. I'm more thinking about the thought process behind it, like, why would google feel the need to put this level of detail on the maps?

[Enrico Salazar]

Is good for artsy type.

[Elder Iptuous]

they would probably ask why they should feel restricted to offering a lower quality of image....

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

If it's visible from public property then it's fair game. Maybe your parents should stop leaving their curtains half open like a bunch of voyeuristic perverts.

[Triple Zero]

Google's lawyer says "Do not expect privacy in this age".

They later withdrew that quote.

But recently in the whole china debacle, they made a new one, I just can't seem to find it right now.

Basically it once more meant that if you got nothing to hide, you got nothing to fear.

fuck them.

[Jasper]

Well, I don't expect privacy.  I expect my privacy to be infringed upon unless I make sure it isn't.  Not expecting privacy without demanding it, is good advice.

[bds]

If it's visible from public property then it's fair game. Maybe your parents should stop leaving their curtains half open like a bunch of voyeuristic perverts.

Google maps gets way more traffic than our street, to be fair. But I see your point.

[Triple Zero]

But not as much as your mom.

[Reginald Ret]

Google's lawyer says "Do not expect privacy in this age".

They later withdrew that quote.

But recently in the whole china debacle, they made a new one, I just can't seem to find it right now.

Basically it once more meant that if you got nothing to hide, you got nothing to fear.

fuck them.

Seconded.
Next time a certain friend says "i've got nothing to hide"  i am giving his passwords to everyone i know.


I'll tell you all one right now.
His router password is password.
I tried to tell him to change it but he didnt care.
So i messed with his settings.
He got angry at me but still hasn't changed it.
Dumbass.