Now you see them, now you ... don't

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After less than 24 hrs, Google pulls it's street level imagery of London in a privacy row.

Google pulls Street View shots amid privacy complaints | Electricpig.co.uk

Not wanting to be seen where one shouldn't be, or doing something one might not want others to know about - I can understand. But such concerns cannot easily be applied to actions committed in public where, by definition they're visible - i.e. 'in plain view'.

The UK has no De Jure right to privacy - of a sort that would be tested under these circumstances.

I'm a staunch believer in a right to personal privacy and for punishing those who wantonly violate that right, but isn't this rather a typhoon in a tea cup?
 

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Can those camera's tell the difference between tomato and MJ plants?:redface:

Aye...there's the rub.
 

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As a fellow Londoner, I'm obliged to ask WHERE IS YOU LIVING AT?

Heh, I'd PM you, but you're straight, so what's the point? :wink:

In a top-floor flat in a victorian street with lime trees in the front gardens. On the eastern side, with the google pic taken on a summer morning. Houses on the west side are in full light, those on the east side are in shade.
 

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Amusing that some of the people who have had pics removed because they appeared in them can still be seen from other views.

I followed a link from that article to find that google has blocked this feature from iPhones. The superphone wars are heating up.