Yes. I think it endangers people's right to privacy, and right to protect their home and family. The right of the many (individual citizens) should outweigh the right of one (Google).
I don't see why businesses wouldn't like it. Isn't it just free advertising? Plus, there isn't much difference between seeing a house in person and seeing it in google maps. It's still there and it isn't moving. If for some reason they photograph your home and the photo is clear enough to show something private through a window, you should have closed the shades.
It shouldn't be about the privacy of the individual, but about the public service to the many. The same concerns were expressed when our homes started appearing in satellite views, but that died down as will this.
I agree with Bekah, concern over Street View will probably pass. But then again, shouldn't we be getting a little bit concerned about Google's ubiquity--their omnipresence? I feel like they probably know what color socks I'm wearing right now. Street View is definitely helpful, and right now a novelty, but is it really THAT necessary?
Rights are, by definition, inherent, therefore people already have the right to veto having their homes and businesses viewed on Google's Street View maps. Invasion-of-privacy lawsuits are going to greatly fatten lawyers' coffers thanks to Google's arrogance and irresponsibility; not to mention people whose safety is compromised by stalkers. Stalkers are the main reason my physical address is very difficult to get, let alone my campsite to see.. I'm not so much afraid of the stalkers as I desire to not have to explain the dead bodies to the police from my having to defend myself from such idiots. Other people live in fear,though, and Google isn't helping them. Google, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should". We Lakota ask, "Where is your respect? WHERE IS your RESPECT?!?!"
So what is next? Do we veto someone being able to walk their dog by our home, do we prevent people from being able to look up an address in the phone book, do we veto someones right to take a picture of the flower bed on your front lawn just because it looks beautiful to them? The media can create intense fear for a few people over topics like this, but at the end of the day we live in a free country and doesn't that give us the right to view each others dwellings from afar?
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June 3, 2008 at 9:44am by Ila Scott-Ford
Yes. I think it endangers people's right to privacy, and right to protect their home and family. The right of the many (individual citizens) should outweigh the right of one (Google).
June 3, 2008 at 9:57am by Rachel King
I don't see why businesses wouldn't like it. Isn't it just free advertising? Plus, there isn't much difference between seeing a house in person and seeing it in google maps. It's still there and it isn't moving. If for some reason they photograph your home and the photo is clear enough to show something private through a window, you should have closed the shades.
June 3, 2008 at 10:43am by Bekah Wilcox
It shouldn't be about the privacy of the individual, but about the public service to the many. The same concerns were expressed when our homes started appearing in satellite views, but that died down as will this.
June 3, 2008 at 12:27pm by Rip Empson
I agree with Bekah, concern over Street View will probably pass. But then again, shouldn't we be getting a little bit concerned about Google's ubiquity--their omnipresence? I feel like they probably know what color socks I'm wearing right now. Street View is definitely helpful, and right now a novelty, but is it really THAT necessary?
June 3, 2008 at 5:10pm by Carel Two-Eagle
Rights are, by definition, inherent, therefore people already have the right to veto having their homes and businesses viewed on Google's Street View maps. Invasion-of-privacy lawsuits are going to greatly fatten lawyers' coffers thanks to Google's arrogance and irresponsibility; not to mention people whose safety is compromised by stalkers. Stalkers are the main reason my physical address is very difficult to get, let alone my campsite to see.. I'm not so much afraid of the stalkers as I desire to not have to explain the dead bodies to the police from my having to defend myself from such idiots. Other people live in fear,though, and Google isn't helping them. Google, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should". We Lakota ask, "Where is your respect? WHERE IS your RESPECT?!?!"
June 3, 2008 at 8:45pm by Lisa Larter
So what is next? Do we veto someone being able to walk their dog by our home, do we prevent people from being able to look up an address in the phone book, do we veto someones right to take a picture of the flower bed on your front lawn just because it looks beautiful to them? The media can create intense fear for a few people over topics like this, but at the end of the day we live in a free country and doesn't that give us the right to view each others dwellings from afar?
June 4, 2008 at 4:02am by george mccloskey
hmmm...privacy!
June 4, 2008 at 6:41am by iredia osagie gbenga
yes , because this bring about open interactions and easy transaction amongt territorial boundries
June 5, 2008 at 1:21pm by Tim Tymchyshyn
I am going to have to agree with Lisa here
after all remember the movie 'The Jerk'