Generally though, most privacy concerns have been addressed by the time it was launched here. Still it’d be easier/simpler if they just removed people all together from images. I know people that are easily identifiable by the clothes they where.

Also there is a difference between you standing in front of my house and taking a photo or just looking at me and Street View. I am aware of your presence and what you’re doing. If I don’t like it I can tell you to piss off.

Street View does not make it’s presence obvious that it is capturing you, whether at home or out and about. That is a concern. If you were paranoid you would have to retrace all your steps on Street View to check you didn’t show up anywhere.

What I didn’t hear were any complaints – from anyone.

It bothers me that the most interesting way the media chose to report the story was to focus on the vocal minority, blow it way up out of proportion, and act like the entire country was up in arms.

At the end of the day, apart from the ‘private road’ issue, I’m yet to see any other privacy outcries which aren’t based upon someone doing something they probably wouldn’t want to get busted doing. The google cameras could easily have been a friend or colleague walking down the same street, busting them leaving the porn shop, or catching them asleep at the wheel of their work vehicle.

Let them put their 6-month-old photos up online. What’s the big deal? If “Bill” doesn’t like seeing himself passed out drunk on his mothers lawn, the issue should not be with Google (who provide adequate removal services) but with the SMH which doesn’t. And “Bill”, despite your grief, there’s always crawling those extra few metres out of the gutter next time – it really isn’t the place for a sleep….

It’s fun to jump on a bandwagon as long as it has legitimate merit, but this one doesn’t. But the storm will soon pass (hopefully) and people will find something else to complain about.

We all had to guess approximately when the pictures were taken.

I’ve spoken to half a dozen people about Street View. They’ve all cited privacy concerns. I’ve responded with “so what are your concerns about SV’s privacy then?”. They have nothing to say. They don’t even know themselves! Is it fashionable to be ‘concerned’ about Street View’s privacy practices?!