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  • TechNest Report | TNR » Posts in 'Privacy' category

    The Google trike is here! System requirements: specially-trained super-fit riders

    google-street-view-trikeEarlier this week we reported that Google’s Street View has come under substantial privacy-related criticism in Japan.  The critics were outraged that Google’s cameras captured the insides of many Japanese backyards.  In leu of the criticism (which is definitely not a first for the web-based service), Google has decided to throw away all captured footage of the 12 cities it has already captured in Japan, and start over.  The company will reposition its cameras 40 centimeters lower (for a total height of 2.05 meters).  Not satisfied with these minor tune-ups to its fleet of Street View vehicles, Google has taken things one step further by releasing the Google Trike.   Read more »

    Posted in Hardware, Privacy

    Google Street View – privacy concerns: real or imaginary?

    Google-Streetview-ugly-buickGoogle Maps is awesome.  Google Maps with Street View is even better.  Just think of all the interesting things you can find with it: intoxicated men, topless sunbathers, a man climbing over a fence to (possibly) to break into a house, UFO-look-alikes, as well as offensively ugly vehicles.  Most recently, there have been numerous complaints about the web-based mapping application that relate to privacy: Google Street View has been capturing hanging laundry in Japan’s backyards and – on occasion – not blurring vehicle license plates. Read more »

    Posted in Google, Maps, Privacy
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