Continued irony in the UK

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

I just find it bizarre that they react to Street View with lynch-mob
mentality, but not to their serious privacy issues with CCTV's on every
corner. 

 

 

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6022902
.ece

 

Village mob thwarts Google Street View car

 

Angry villagers formed a human chain to thwart the progress of a Google
Street View car that was in the process of taking photographs of their
homes. 

Police were called to Broughton in Buckinghamshire yesterday, after
furious villagers blocked one of the cars, complaining it was an
invasion of their privacy and that the photographs would attract
burglaries. 

Paul Jacobs, a local resident, spotted the car yesterday morning, thanks
to the distinctive 360-degree camera attached to its roof. He told the
driver not to enter the village, then roused fellow residents by
knocking on their doors. The driver eventually did a U-turn and left the
scene. 

Google Street View, a controversial mapping service that launched in the
UK last month, gives 360-degree views of Britain's biggest cities,
allowing people to take virtual tours from their computers or mobile
phones. 

 

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