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gallinggalla) wrote2010-12-22 08:45 pm
gallinggalla) wrote2010-12-22 08:45 pm
Google Street View is a hazard to victims of crime.
Ever since it became available, I have been uncomfortable with Google Street View. I've never been able to clearly express my discomfort. After all, Street View sees only what is visible to the public anyway!
In the wake of the rape allegations against Julian Assange, it is clear to me that Street View is a threat to victims of crime [bold mine]:
Google needs to address the implications of this. Eric Schmidt, I'd like to ask you a question: Do you know how many victims of crime you have endangered with Street View? Do you care that Street View makes it easier to silence and bring harm to victims of rape?
[Edited to fix a busted blockquote]
In the wake of the rape allegations against Julian Assange, it is clear to me that Street View is a threat to victims of crime [bold mine]:
Invective is one thing, but the material being bandied around about Accuser 1 and Accuser 2 is surely unprecedented in ongoing investigations into alleged sex offences, where anonymity for alleged victims is the norm. Their names and faces are freely available (search one of them on Google, and you get 84,900 results), and yesterday it took the Sunday Tribune just a few moments to find the women's home addresses and mobile telephone numbers being circulated on the net. A Street View user could pick out the buildings within seconds.
Google needs to address the implications of this. Eric Schmidt, I'd like to ask you a question: Do you know how many victims of crime you have endangered with Street View? Do you care that Street View makes it easier to silence and bring harm to victims of rape?
[Edited to fix a busted blockquote]
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I found this via #Mooreandme on Twitter. It's horrifying. I'd never thought of it before.
*trembles*