Over at Boing Boing they posted a story of a reader who was concerned that the new Google Map Street View allowed the world to see her home and even her cat sitting in the apartment on the couch.
While the first reaction is “whoa cool!” I think a second one is “Oooh this is gonna be bad.”
It is amazing to think about the ability to find a map to a meeting place and not only be able to see the shapes of the buildings on the map… but to be able to literally zoom in to the street view and look around the area to recognize it later. But I wonder what sort of liabilities this new technology is opening up….
What if your cat was being stalked?
What if you didn’t want people to know you take out the trash?
What if you don’t want people to know you visit a seedy Strip-Joint?
What if you don’t want your vehicle & license plate known to the world?
What if you don’t want the world watching you sun-bathe?
For more of these map findings check out Wired’s Request for Urban Street Sightings: Submit and Vote on the Best Urban Images
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