Google faces storm over naked child on Street View, page 1

Google faces storm over naked child on Street View

www.dailymail.co.uk

Google has apologised after its Street View photo mapping service showed a frontal view of a naked child on a family day out.

Images of the blond boy, aged four or five, went live on Thursday in an update for the service.

They pictured him with his trousers down after going to the toilet on Wimbledon Common, South-West London.

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I'm pretty sure this hasn't been posted here on ATS yet, i'm not sure if it's in the correct forum though.

I'm a little torn between two sides on how to feel about this.

My first thought was "Seriously? What's the big deal? You can find nude images of people, adults and children, all over the web". The world has gone mad with being so totally PC that we're losing our humanity.

Then, however, I realize there's a privacy issue with the people involved in having their faces shown on the web. That i do care for. I'm pretty sure that i wouldn't want my children being shown in the nude on the web.



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reply to post by KainRich

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G'day KainRich

Thanks for posting that interesting article.

I think that all in all, Google Earth Street View is too invasive for all concerned.

I think it should be discontinued.

Kind regards
Maybe...maybe not

reply to post by articulus

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So if you don't want photos taken of what you do in your living room, and your living room can be viewed from the sidewalk outside your house, close the drapes.

If you close the curtains, your neighbour will get suspicious that you're a terrorist hiding away.

If govt. advice given out on talksport radio were taken seriously.

[edit on 13-3-2010 by john124]

reply to post by KainRich

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This does not surprise me, there is a veiw of my house with me sitting outside... WHo needs enemies when you have freinds like these.

reply to post by Arbitrageur

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You dont get it?????
Anyone with kids know that they will fling it out and go pee pee, family days out are heaps of fun and kids will not run away to the toilet cause that would waste precious playing time with the other kids , cause kids do things like that ,

Google buggered it up big time , !!!!!

reply to post by Cito

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I have Google Earth and Google Sky, but i've never actually checked out Street View. Is it an option on Google Earth or a standalone app?

That's pretty crazy that it filmed you carrying groceries in the house!

reply to post by illusive man

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Interestingly enough, I didn't even notice the van when it passed me, and I can see myself on street view in Google.

Doesn't bother me in the least, I think it's pretty cool that I'm on the map.

As for the child, now that they know, they can blur it out.

From the source:

The photos were removed soon after Google was alerted yesterday.

Perfect. They were made aware of it, and they removed them. What more could have been asked of Google, I do not know.

Also, from the source

The photos, showing the child's mother or nanny helping him dress and a man looking on, have sparked fears that paedophiles will have a new way to search for photos or targets online.

Stupid. While the chance that a pedophile would have chanced upon seeing this particular image, I severely doubt that pedophiles have been working the Google street view for their victims. That's just paranoid.

People that are freaked out about this confuse me as well. Before street view, I could zoom in on your home, look you up on whitepages.com, heck, most people don't even realize that they associate their username all over the web and that alone can be a huge breach of privacy.

I'm big on privacy advocacy, but this is not the spot where I'm going to camp out and scream, there are too many real privacy violations that this doesn't compare to.

reply to post by niteboy82

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I agree, in my opinion it is not an invasion of privacy at all. It's not like they are taking their cameras down your driveways and in your backyards. If you can see it from the street, then it is not private. They block out faces and license plates, there is absolutely nothing "invasive" about what they are doing.

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