http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-faces-uk-street-view-problems/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:06:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-faces-uk-street-view-problems/#comment-56975 Darren Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:23 +0000 #comment-56975 This is ridiculous. Google can't take pictures of streets just because someone doesn't want their picture to appear on the web, but these people don't care about the amount of times they get filmed everyday anyway. You get filmed all the time on CCTV, then there is also the chance of you getting caught in someones camera whilst they are taking a picture (which might later get uploaded to YouTube), or you might get caught in a TV camera a few times when they are filming. Do any of these people ask for your permission to film them, no, so why should Google need to ask everyones permission or are we going to get to a state where nobody can film anywhere for fear that someone in the background might not want their picture to appear on the video. We had a similar problem a few years ago at a scout camp where we couldn't take pictures of anyone with an X on their pass because their parents hadn't given permission, this meant that some of the kids couldn't be included in the souvenir dvds of the camp or camp newsletters, at one point I was taking a picture of a group of people at the camp that had made friends for the DVD and had to get one of them to stand outside the photo as she couldn't be on it due to this rule which they weren't too happy with. Anyway what personal information are Google giving out by showing someone's picture, there are loads of people who all look the same and Google aren't identifying that person and giving out their name and address. This is ridiculous. Google can't take pictures of streets just because someone doesn't want their picture to appear on the web, but these people don't care about the amount of times they get filmed everyday anyway. You get filmed all the time on CCTV, then there is also the chance of you getting caught in someones camera whilst they are taking a picture (which might later get uploaded to YouTube), or you might get caught in a TV camera a few times when they are filming. Do any of these people ask for your permission to film them, no, so why should Google need to ask everyones permission or are we going to get to a state where nobody can film anywhere for fear that someone in the background might not want their picture to appear on the video. We had a similar problem a few years ago at a scout camp where we couldn't take pictures of anyone with an X on their pass because their parents hadn't given permission, this meant that some of the kids couldn't be included in the souvenir dvds of the camp or camp newsletters, at one point I was taking a picture of a group of people at the camp that had made friends for the DVD and had to get one of them to stand outside the photo as she couldn't be on it due to this rule which they weren't too happy with. Anyway what personal information are Google giving out by showing someone's picture, there are loads of people who all look the same and Google aren't identifying that person and giving out their name and address.

]]> http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-faces-uk-street-view-problems/#comment-56976 mukka Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:14:04 +0000 #comment-56976 Tha's was some **** ever! Tha's was some **** ever!

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