Comments on: Are Google's moves creeping you out?

Search giant helps people view things from the street as well as the sky. Some privacy advocates worry that it's going too far.
Photos: Google street views hit home

[Karl Viklund]

Are Google's moves creeping me out?

Are Google's moves creeping me out?
No, not at all. Why would they? I don't understand why anyone would be concerned over what Google does. Some are, and I respect that, but there is always the loud minority that reaches the news. I mean, if you use Internet, you are using other companies property or services. You can't expect total privacy. Street view is a cool thing, nothing you could not have seen if you walked by yourself or took a photo. Just that it's saved in time and showed for the public.

[rick7069]

Just like cigarettes

Trying to tell someone that this one invasion of privacy is going to hurt them is like trying to tell someone that one cigarette is going to. The simple fact is that one cigarette will do no physical harm, will not hurt you in any detectable way. Will ten cigarettes? twenty? hundred? It takes an accumulation of thousands to destroy. You can not argue successfully against one cigarette, you have to argue against a life of them. Similarly, this one invasion of privacy causes almost no perceptible damage. It is difficult to point out one invasion and show harm, which is how it is always attempted. Legally, you can only argue against one invasion at a time, impossible. The problem is not in the one, it is the accumulation of thousands of invasions of privacy, they must be argued against as a whole to show real damage. Unfortunately, quitting invasions of privacy is like quitting smoking, it must be done one invasion at a time. And, until we can get people to recognize how all of these small invasions add up to damage our lives, we will be unsuccessful at stopping the one.

[eldernorm]

People Please, remember Youtube??

Please, all this commotion. Doesent anyone remember youtube???? How about all those plane chashes or car crashes where someone caught the event on video tape. There are cameras everywhere right now. Period. Google has more visability, thats all.

The issue may need some resolving legally but that applies to traffic cameras, security cameras, peoples videotapes, Girls gone wild --- everywhere :-), etc.

Hey, I can see my house on Google earth and can tell which car is in the driveway. Get used to it. It will only increase. Trust me. :-)

[quikboy2]

I use Live Search - don't worry about Google

I personally use Live Search. It's starting to get better than Google. Google lately has done tons of moves, that has started making me dislike them. So I tried some alternatives, and guess what, Live Search is actually pretty good. I'm moving on, and switching to Live Search. In most ways, it's more awesome than Google. After I saw that Google Master Plan video on YouTube, it changed my mind about Google. Who needs Google? Google might have started the birth of web search, but companies are always innovating, and technology moves on. So hasta la vista Google, I'm moving on to Live Search.

[mnederlanden]

pay no attention to this microsoft employee

It would take an obscene amount of ignorance for someone to change from google to microsoft because they don't like big brother...

Also the complete lack of reasons why Live Search is "starting to get better" or "more awesome" leaves me to think this is part of a marketing approach.

Also did you notice how he never said "Microsoft"...

[mnederlanden]

Live search does it too

http://preview.local.live.com/

[Fil0403]

No.

But I bet if it would be Microsoft many people would be much more worried, which leads one to think people are really not truly as worried about their privacy as they are worried their most hated company know something about them.