Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Google Cheat View

A FURIOUS wife has called in divorce lawyers after spotting her husband’s car parked outside another woman’s house — on Google. She saw the Range Rover while using the internet giant’s new Street View service to snoop on a female friend’s home.
The love cheat is not the only husband trapped by Google’s controversial new 360-degree photo search...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Another Google Streetview Classic

A man who fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the grass outside his home was horrified to find his embarrassment posted on the internet.
Since the case became known to Google Australia, this embarrassing sleep-in has been removed from the site.
story is HERE

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Checking your house on Google maps...oops!

A Google Maps Street View driver captured a house on fire while snapping photos on Eagle Point Drive in Sherwood, Arkansas.
Images of the unfortunate incident have, unfortunately, vanished like the incinerated house: In an attempt to deter gawking, Google Street View says, "This image is no longer available." Perhaps this is the beginning of a new policy: Where there's smoke, there's privacy.
Or maybe not. It turns out the flaming house can still be seen using an alternate Google Maps URL.

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Girl Flashes Google Street View Crew

Things seem to be happening at 18821 May St Homewood, IL 60430 as Googles Street View camera team was flashed this week...a 1st...
In response to a lengthy privacy backlash Google announced it will blur all faces in its Google Maps Street View service. Google says it will use facial recognition technology to identify faces within Street Views and blur them automatically. The process will start with New York City Street Views and then move on to the 39 other cities. more HERE

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