Warning Google Street View now covering 85% of UK

Amanita_2

Darksun wrote: »

Shortly after the Google team sneak into your house during the dead of night and steal all your stuff :rotfl:

Very funny - the Rottie would get them first!

Anyone have a serious answer?

hawkwinddotcom

This is fantastic, all these paranoid people hiding their house will make the burglars look at their house first rather than mine which is unhidden.

UK2010

Amanita wrote: »

the Rottie would get them first!

Why are you worried about burglars then?

UK2010

hawkwinddotcom wrote: »

This is fantastic, all these paranoid people hiding their house will make the burglars look at their house first rather than mine which is unhidden.

Exactly!!!!

pulliptears

custardy wrote: »

im wondering if a burglar was checking a street on street view and found one removed
would that peak their interest?

of course it would, they would think you had something to hide

Amanita_2

UK2010 wrote: »

Why are you worried about burglars then?

I'm not - never said I was did I? You have just assumed that.

I hate that an American corporation can take pictures of my home and cars and post them on the internet without asking or obtaining my consent.

If they were prepared to pay me for the use of my home then that would be OK.

wik

Hi all I am new to this bit of the forums,
I have just been and looked.... its an old piccy as is last springs daffodils and my old car is outside the house..

I for one think that streetview is very handy, a few months ago I had to travel to leeds for a work thing - and not knowing the city, let alone how to find the building I wanted, I looked it up on goggle, and was able to see the building I needed to go to, as well as being able to see the entrance of the carpark!! and for once I didnt get lost!!

pulliptears

Amanita wrote: »

I'm not - never said I was did I? You have just assumed that.

I hate that an American corporation can take pictures of my home and cars and post them on the internet without asking or obtaining my consent.

If they were prepared to pay me for the use of my home then that would be OK.

The average UK Citizen is captured on CCTV THREE HUNDRED times a day....I would assume you and your cars would also appear a similar amount of time...Are you planning to ask for your image to be removed from those?

Where did I say that? Someone asked what the difference was between looking at a house in person or on street view I have just described a possibility. Just because your imagination gets a little carried away you can imagine all the master criminals you like but i just answerd with one of many possibilities for dodgy use of streetview.

Most burglaries are committed by opportunists who spot an open door or window, certainly not the type to sit trawling google maps. Added to that the entry point for the majority of burglaries is the back door, the point which is NOT on Street View and is frankly the most sensible place as the risk of being spotted is a lot smaller...

Just to further compound the "streetview is teh ebil" theory did you know that only half of Burglars are strangers to you? So the need to research your home on the internet is needless really as they have probably been inside your home already!

DCFC79

jamespir wrote: »

shes cleaning some ice cream of his shirt

or she could have just finished the job and is cleaning the guy up

Grade_A_Reject

OnTheUp wrote: »

And like I said I feel I have some entitlement to be paranoid. I wonder how you would feel if a crazed maniac broke into your property in an attempt to touch your children. So yes it has made me a little paranoid!!

Your house has a sign saying "Children inside" clearly visible in GSV then?

And exactly how clear are your locks on the displayed images? Please.