Comments on: London Google Street View

By: Name

Name — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:44:58 +0000

Lol it’s not a camera. It’s a few pictures – like a 3-d model. It’s not a 1984 monitoring system. It isn’t a “cameras to all” thing, because it’s just a picture.

And the whole “cameras to all” vs “cameras to some” thing is lame. Why would you want a live camera showing ppl walking around. Who cares? Invasion to privacy my anus. See “definition of ‘public place.’”

gfsdg, don’t you have something better to do?

I don’t have anything better to do cuz it’s nighttime and I’m an insomniac which means I’m up till 5 am earliest. Not much to do in here quietly except stumble around on the interwebs or play guitar w/out an amp.

@Dudley
Dude, you can monitor when your neighbor leaves and enters his house if you want. It’s not illegal to look at things to get information, whether you want to use a camera or your own eyes.

It’s not like your neighbor “owns” the privacy of his front door. If you walk out your front door you ought to be aware that it is slightly possible somebody saw you. But wtf cares.

The police shouldn’t be allowed to do crap, but if you are in a public street they can watch you if they want. Why shouldn’t you get to see people on the other side of the world (the indian ocean for me) hanging out of garbage cans? Those people have no right not to be seen.

This is like an “approved content” thing. Should people only be allowed to see what they have some made-up right to see?

By: gfsdg

gfsdg — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:30:58 +0000

DONT YOU PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:51:45 +0000

What the heck is MacCartism???

If you’re going to rant about McCarthyism, know WTF you’re talking about.

By: coldname

coldname — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:47:32 +0000

Indeed, “thieves could use it” makes as much sense as “matches cause arson” or “guns cause murder”.

By: DJ Bogtrotter

DJ Bogtrotter — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:31:28 +0000

Yes the luddites are amongst us – see http://is.gd/qtsC
“Anonymous coward” – “this one is pure demagogy” – a slight over-reaction to a cartoon that is just putting forward this guy’s pretty valid opinion. The reaction of the UK has made me embarressed to live here too. It’s just recording a public view that is available to anyone at any time if they want to walk down your street (which is what a burglar would do, rather than referencing a picture that may be over a year old).

By: tek

tek — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:00:04 +0000

I don’t understand why the image directly in front of 10 Downing St. is unavailable, when you can get just as good a look at it from 10 feet away on any of the other images. The irony in this censorship? the actual street is blocked by a tourbus of people stopped to take pictures…

By: Dudley

Dudley — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:39:04 +0000

“I’m sorry, but your view is rather silly, and if GSV were to come to my city, I’d be writing angry letters as well.

“Cameras for some,” of course, is not an option as you paint it to be, it’s a range of options. Whether it’s good or bad depends on what cameras, and moreso it depends on what “some.” Should the police be allowed to monitor our every move? Of course not. Should I be allowed to monitor when my neighbour leaves and enters his house? Hell, no. Should you be able to watch people on the other side of the world hanging out of a garbage container? Thrice no. But a tourist should be able to take home a memento.”

You DO realise Google Street View doesn’t do that right? For instance thanks to the cinema and a clock nearby I’ve worked out that it would allow you to know my car (minus numberplate) was parked at my office at 2:20pm on a weekday in mid-Auguest last year.

Well that’s me fucked.

By: Giles

Giles — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:31:51 +0000

I was quoting someone that is clearly completely mental. I agree with you!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:13:36 +0000

@Giles
> I can think of a lot of other reasons why this and Google Earth could be a very handy tool for certain unsavoury members of society!”

So can be roads or lockpicks. Should those be prohibited too?

By: 2

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:47:26 +0000

Hey, where’d ou get the google logo?