Google Street View. No Privacy?

Google Street View is a feature from Google that provides 360° horizontal and 290° vertical views from a row of positions along the street for many streets in the world. Google claims that the privacy of people is protected because they blur faces and license plates but some people still say that it’s not right because they never wanted to be photographed and put online. There have been a few pictures of some people nude or in a compromising position but usually Google takes them down almost immediately. There isn’t much cause to get mad because pictures like that get taken down fast. These photos are currently available for the United States, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.

There isn’t really a privacy problem with Google Street View but some people don’t want to be seen online for their own reasons which is actually a good point. I don’t find any way to change the circumstances because Google can’t just crop certain people from pictures, there’s nothing that Google can change. Google also gave everyone notice that they will be doing this so Google is not to be blamed. I think that even if someone was photographed doing something embarrassing or illegal it would be hard to identify that person with the face being blurred. I personally think that this is helpful and fun. If you are trying to get somewhere where you have never been you can look at the streets and the landmarks. It’s also better than the bird’s eye view Google gave before. Another benefit of Google Street View is that it is free. Usually this software would cost so much. I’m sure that it wasn’t free for Google so this is a good benefit. The people opposing Google Street View should look at the benefits of it instead of criticizing the minor flaws.