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...

I’ve mentioned this before but it bears mentioning again: Google Street Views freaks a lot of people out.  And I mean a lot of people. This time it’s stirred up privacy concerns in Baltimore where some are getting a bit perturbed at the fact that no matter how much effort you put into your personal privacy on the internet, your house is still...

The little orange guy in Google Maps as most people know is the character you see in the Street Views function. The recent update to the Google Maps service definitely puts greater emphasis on this. For example: The Street Views icon (i.e. the orange guy) is now directly on top of the zoom slider…   …and yes it’s functional. While...