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Originally Posted by beemk
privacy? its a public street for christ sake. whats the difference between them putting a picture online and some guy walking down the street seeing the same thing?
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The difference is that it's a matter of record.
Say someone's trying to hide his smoking habit from his family... or a woman's involved in a relationship with a man that she doesn't want her father to know about... or someone's seen entering a church that he'd rather keep private... or a politician is caught entering an adult bookstore.
Or, say, what if that guy in the second photo up top is married to another woman?
...or whatever issue someone might have. Even in public, there's still a certain assumption that what you're doing is not going to be broadcasted for the world to see in the form of a semi-permanant and widely accessible record
Sure, what google's doing is not technically illegal... but it is irresponsible, imho.
Consent forms should be obtained, or facial obfuscation technology should be employed liberally.
IMHO, that should be the cost of doing business in America... or anywhere, for that matter.