Yet another Google Maps Street View privacy breach

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If previous Google Maps Street View complaints have seemed somewhat frivolous and paranoid, this latest one might be enough to change your mind. The Smoking Gun is reporting that a home not far from the Pittsburgh home Nicholas told us about a few days ago has been thoroughly documented in true Street View form.

More photos and information after the jump.

As the “Street View” images show, a Google vehicle–outfitted with a roof-mounted camera taking 360-degree images–drove down the gravel path and onto the paved driveway leading to the McKee home. The Google car continued past the steps leading to the McKees’s front door and came to a stop outside the house’s three-car garage (and next to the family’s trampoline and portable basketball rim). Taking photos all the time, the Google vehicle was squarely on private property, a fact that presumably should have been apparent when the gravel path became paved. Janet McKee, who was unaware of the “Street View” images until contacted by TSG, said that it was “a little bit creepy to think of someone filming our home without me knowing about it.” She said that the property line began with the paved driveway.

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Warning: Google Is In Your Driveway! [Smoking Gun] via Consumerist

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Alex (Who am I?)

I tell ya’ what…this Google stuff gets pretty scary when it hits close to home.

Here’s a pic of my friend’s house here in Texas. Clearly visible are his child and wife in the front yard.

http://www.fuzzyusa.com/watches/googlemap.jpg

The shot was taken from a public street, but still, who the heck wants this kind of personal stuff up there for the world to see.

 
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