Google Street View Creates Problems in Japan

[mavroxur]

[citation][nom]demonhorde665[/nom]i could give two shits less about privacy or the whole aiding crime arguments.ruth be told these poeple ASKED that google not take photosof THEIR home. corperations should resepct this and leve those peopel alone. perosnally i dotn care what google does , but when some one ask you not to do something YOU DONT DO IT. period. fas for this BS abotu right to take pics of private property from a public locations .. it is BS. if you saw a random strangers takign photos of your home more than likely you'd report them to the police. and as for teh vacation argument some one mentioned .. i call BS beucae ther is a BIG diference from a vaction accidental "home" shot , and some one bassically "casing" your place with thier camera.[/citation]


A thread wouldnt be a thread without demonhorde665 slaughtering the english language.

 

[Guest]

I get their concerns completely. If someone puts up a fence that blocks the view of people passing or driving by from looking in isn't that a request for privacy that should be honored by not getting a ladder and peering over, or climbing on the fence. Would it hurt anything if Google would lower it's cameras to the level a typical passenger vehicle would have plane of view on?

http/www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf

In this link that I pulled from another contributer, it states people may not be photographed when they have "secluded themselves...", is a fence not an attempt at seclusion?

It's my opinion that Google should continue where they have the legal ability to do so and if they choose to. I do beleive though they should consider those property owners' rejections when they have clearly demonstrated their desire and taken steps to protect the sanctity/privacy of their property.

 

[neiroatopelcc]

[citation][nom]mavroxur[/nom]A thread wouldnt be a thread without demonhorde665 slaughtering the english language.[/citation]
So true man!

 

[blasterth]

[citation][nom]danimal_the_animal[/nom]in all the times i have fallen off a bike as a kid (maybe 3 times?)i have never even came close to doing the splits like this guy!!!!!!!!!![/citation]
Maybe this guy falled only one time, and by reading this post I may understand if this guy doesn't want his photo posted on the internet.

[citation][nom]joebob2000[/nom]Pictures of EVERY SINGLE HOME in the county are on the internet easily searched by name, address, etc. This isn't a small place, either; we have about 500,000 homes and guess how many people have said "oh god pictures of my house are on the interwebs!"... let's see, none.[/citation]
Some Privacy suit have been made in the US against google street view, but got rejected (because is legal there).

I think people should be able to decide if their home can be taken in pictures and more importantly publied on the internet or other mass distribution media. I think the right to not be photographed when you are in your home (if you dont' want it) is more important than the right to pick in other houses.

As a professional robber I must admin that Google street view helped me a lot in my work. I can find the ideal houses to rob much quicker and without risking to be saw in the vicinity before the actual theft. In 5 min I can check 1km street for weak security houses. Sorry for this bad joke!

 

[pocketdrummer]

It doesn't facilitate crime... it facilitates me finding the damn building I'm trying to get to.

I've used street view to find a funeral home once. What's worse than getting lost trying to say goodbye to recently deceased loved one? Thankfully, I got there just fine, without too much worry either.

 

[Guest]

Look the issue is obvious, I have no idea why people keeps giving for/against without much of food-for-thought comment. Google Street View makes the thing as easy as 123 for a criminal to case a property. That is all, a business with complete security and even full insurance would not mind some chances of advert or letting others know how accessible their place is; but a private individual may think that letting others know they have to park their Hummer next bend out of sight or the kitchen window is just broken and might still be.

Instead of filtering into some VRML or equivelent, Google is taking the easy way out of posting precisely those pictures. This is like leaving a note saying this door using a combination of 4 digits without a physical key, a clue on how to crack the rest.

 

[idisarmu]

[citation][nom]piper5177[/nom]^^^except in China^^^[/citation]

Except TO China

 

[Guest]

This is kinda funny, since this hits pretty close to home. I was captured on google street view driving down a road to pick up the kids at school. I guess if I was doing something embarrassing like picking my nose I would be more upset, but instead I think it's just funny I never noticed the truck and I am now immortalized on google.

 

[blackened144]

This is completely legal in the US and its annoying to hear people complain about it. If you have a problem with it, build a fence and they cant see your house while they are standing in public property, pull the curtains shut so they cant see inside from public property, put a big ass fake dog out front(if you dont have a real one) to ward off the robbers and youre good to go. Now the situation in Japan is different. I think its a good thing that they are going to redo them using a lower camera and if there are laws against this sort of thing in Greece then Google should have to answer their questions before they are allowed to proceed.

 

[warezme]

People are being stupid. Google is not violating anyone's privacy. If you are doing something private or stupid in the middle of the street, guess what, everyone can see you and its NOT PRIVATE.

 

[Guest]

I am not against street views of places of public interest and in commercial and industrial districts where it benefits people and business to know how the business looks like before driving out there or ordering from them. I am against street view entering purely residential neighborhoods because there is no reason to provide views of people's homes. Yes, it is open to public photography but someone would actually have to drive to my house just to take a photograph and post it on the web and for people to find that photograph through a web search will have a hard time picking out that photograph and correlating it to my home. It is an invasion of privacy in a residential neighborhood but could be beneficial in a commericial or industrial neighborhood.

 

[Guest]

I think it is hilarious that people would be so outraged here (I live in Japan) when really they WANT to show off all their stuff. Strutting your stuff is a fundamental part of Japanese society so I would think that this would be a huge boon to people here.

Furthermore, it is not like people here need to worry more about being robbed. If people were going to do it, they would have done it already; the fences here are only 2ft high!

 

[blasterth]

[citation][nom]warezme[/nom]People are being stupid. Google is not violating anyone's privacy. If you are doing something private or stupid in the middle of the street, guess what, everyone can see you and its NOT PRIVATE.[/citation]
In the images you can see also private property, so if someone do a stupid thing behind his window he can get pictured.
Even if legal if I'm being photographed in a public place, I can be unhappy about that.
In a democracy I can speak about my personal problems with a curent law and if it is highly shared the law can be changed.