Privacy takes a nose dive
 

I saw on the news google implemented a new feature to now be able to view actual streets in clear view

Managed to find my house (Its the 2nd one from the left Ive blanked out the street address)
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...rk/privacy.jpg

>_>

If someone takes a pee in public you can be sure Google will pick it up:err:

lol, this is a one time snapshot...its not like they are going around trying to find pee-ers ;)

also, while they may update the imagery, it is at a huge cost to them, so its not going to happen too often

I'd be less worried about Google taking a pic of my house and more worried about the phone companies knowingly breaking the law because the presidential administrations said it was "ok"...just my $0.02

this may have been a good topic for the mature section?

I should search my house :O

My house isn't special enough to have a picture of it.

=/

WHOA

I see my car...

Is the website simply www.maps.google.com?

This isn't really new... They've had the street view thing for months, but they just added tonssss of neighborhoods. Yeah, before they only had views of busy streets on major US cities. (SF, Chicago, Houston, NY, LA, etc.)

I for one think this is awesome! >D Apparently they're going to implement this software that switches people's facial features onto other people. 6 year old girl with the face of a 94 year old man? Ftw.

yep...there is a "Street View" button in the upper-right hand corner of the map (by traffic, satellite, etc...)

click on the button, and after it switches you can stalk...ermm...i mean look at any street that is highlighted with blue...

you may have to zoom out to find these if the have not imaged your area, but go to any big city and you'll find them ;)

Sort of weird but um that's Google for you right? Lion King :D

Heehee, this is as close at it gets on mine,

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...re22/mine1.gif

I can't even zoom in that far for my little neighborhood nor does the Traffic button show up for me.

Woah o-o There's a school bus in mine. xD And the grass by the sidewalk in front of my house is ugly looking compared to further down the street, haha.

Google isn't up to date because... when I searched my old house (about 3-4 years ago)... I could still see my big red car there. :P

And no street view in Canada, well at least in Richmond there wasn't any.

oh crap! That's scary... clear picture of my house...

i didnt think they'd be that quick in implementing that in australia..........

are putting pictures of street view really helping ppl find where they want to go...... =/

IMO, if you're that bad at following directions and/or reading a map. It wouldn't matter if you get a picture of your destination, you'll get lost on the way anyway.

LOL!!! True that!!

now that i feel really exposed to the world wide web.....

it makes me wonder wats the purpose of street view...

To show off to the world that Google has teh powa!

Buut yeah... no one will know it's you... unless you tell them... I think.

<-- can't read street signs if her life depended on it (bad vision) nor can she remember addresses very well

I remember things by things around it

"It's near a McDonalds"

"There is a really big green house across the street from it"

"It's next to a construction site"

"You pass by a Starbucks before getting there"

things like that

LOL just logged into Sydney Morning Herald and i see this...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/googl...702095425.html

ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO -hi5-


And omg when did they take the pic LOL.

Hi 5 That is just like me :D. Finding my house was always easy for people because it was the house with a lime green car XD until we sold it

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...untitled-2.jpg

Down the driveway.

OK!

-broom broom broom-