Google claims with its Street Views that there’s absolutely nothing to worry about concerning your privacy because license plates/tags and human faces are blurred in order to protect privacy. But obviously it’s not a perfect technology and some stuff doesn’t get blurred out periodically.
And some people just don’t want Street Views of their town, period. As one of the more memorable attempts to stop Google Street Views, a group of villagers sprang into action and formed a human chain to stop one of the Google Street View cars with its 360° camera. And wouldn’t you know it? It worked – for now.
When the local village mob tells you, "GET OUT", you listen.
As Street Views gains more coverage across the world, people are now literally watching for these cars in order to stop them.
It would probably be a good idea for Street View car drivers to start wearing crash helmets. Y’know.. just in case.
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I think this whole “breach of privacy” thing that people are accusing Google of is a bit silly. The photos are taken in public places, after all. It would be the same thing if people drove down the street and saw it for themselves. So what if people all over the world can see what the front of your house looks like? The Google Streets pic of our house shows us driving away in our car. Big deal. I don’t care who sees that.