Privacy if you're important enough on google street view?

harvyk1 said :

They removed my house photo within a week when I asked too.

Street view is a national security risk I don’t care what anybody says. While those nigerian scammers are trying to socially engineer you via email/phone into ripping off your identity, or your money they can see exactly where you live and get more info via street view. Or potential terrorists can use it to suss out high security areas from afar like russell and the like which aren’t blacked out. Even thieves can check your house out without driving past.

Actually I thought it would make ordinary residents more of target due to looking like they have something to hide perhaps…

Me no fry said :

KB1971 said :

I will flip the bird to him as I go past on my pushy everyday if you like?

Would you, please?

Cosider it done, twice this week…….

PM said :

And snurp is not necessarily Christian; I was about to post the same link but he beat me.

I wasn’t intending to suggest that snurp was our resolute reporter from The Australian. I was merely making reference to the link to say “hi”.

Street view is a national security risk I don’t care what anybody says. While those nigerian scammers are trying to socially engineer you via email/phone into ripping off your identity, or your money they can see exactly where you live and get more info via street view. Or potential terrorists can use it to suss out high security areas from afar like russell and the like which aren’t blacked out. Even thieves can check your house out without driving past.

Rarely, in the history of the world, has too much freely available information proven to be a threat to anyone (except maybe religious control of the masses). And if those Nigerian scammers are such a threat to you, I hate to think what will happen if a locally based scammer ever tries to rip you off. It is not like no one in Australia has ever tried a scam or planned a robbery in person…

harvyk1 said :

However I have to admit, being part of the tin foil hat bridge does sound like fun.

Sounds like you are already?

PM said :

I’ve always found Christian Kerr to be fairly balanced. Having met him (sure, some years ago), he’s not a rabid right-winger.

And snurp is not necessarily Christian; I was about to post the same link but he beat me.

Hi, no I’m not Christian. My girlfriend sent me the Oz link, and right away I thought of this thread

Jim Jones said :

Holden Caulfield said :

snurp said :

The Australian has picked up this post:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/kevin-rudds-new-canberra-home-off-the-google-map/story-fn59niix-1225931627808

G’day Christian, nice to meet you.

Nice step up for Christian isn’t it? From writing intelligent political analysis for Crikey.com to partisan guff for The Australian (‘LABOR POLITICIAN IS RICH AND SECRETIVE’).

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I’ve always found Christian Kerr to be fairly balanced. Having met him (sure, some years ago), he’s not a rabid right-winger.

And snurp is not necessarily Christian; I was about to post the same link but he beat me.

Holden Caulfield said :

snurp said :

The Australian has picked up this post:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/kevin-rudds-new-canberra-home-off-the-google-map/story-fn59niix-1225931627808

G’day Christian, nice to meet you.

Nice step up for Christian isn’t it? From writing intelligent political analysis for Crikey.com to partisan guff for The Australian (‘LABOR POLITICIAN IS RICH AND SECRETIVE’).

snurp said :

The Australian has picked up this post:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/kevin-rudds-new-canberra-home-off-the-google-map/story-fn59niix-1225931627808

G’day Christian, nice to meet you.