The new street view feature that appears in Google Maps is pretty righteous, but how the f*ck are they doing it? It gives me the creeps and if it ever shows up around me I’ll be kicking and screaming. It’s zooming into people’s homes and everything. It’s a clear violation of my privacy.
So who is doing all this? Immersive Media is the culprit and the means by which they’re doing it is quite laughable. A VW Beetle? Seriously. Anyways, the Beetle is cruising around with an 11-sided camera catching you in the act of whatever it is that you do. Creepy and cool at the same time. Don’t you think?
Google Maps zoom: here’s the device and vehicle behind it [BoingBoing]
violating your privacy? how? if your window is open, anyone can take a photo of it - anyone. will you sue every single time someone snaps a pic at a concert or in a park and you are in the background? are they taking a photo of YOU or of the area? do they identify you?
think of it as your 15kb of fame! ;-)
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All I want to know is when is this cool technology going to be used for toilet camming?
I am not sure if it was a beetle because someone with WAY too much time on their hands found a few easter eggs.
http://gadgets.fosfor.se/google-maps-street-view-easter-egg/
You can see the google van in a window reflection. Like I said WAY too much time on their hands.
I should really finish reading the who link back before I judge because it looks like google had vans in addition to the beetles so both are correct. WAY too much time.
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