What to do? It's Google's Street View.

[James Knott]

JoeHill wrote:
> Scott Elcomb wrote: 
>
>   
>> On 6/1/07, Neil Watson <tlug-neil-8agRmHhQ+n2CxnSzwYWP7Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> When George Orwell created Bigbrother who could have predicted how
>>> different it would turn out.  Between Google, and the pervasive presence
>>> of camera phones and web cams the citizens are now firmly doing the
>>> watching. Disturbing?  Yes, but it far better than Orwell's prediction.  
>>>       
>> Cory Doctorow's come up with a rather relevant tale, Scroogled[1].
>> It's in this months' Radar Magazine under a Creative Commons
>> license[2].
>>
>> It speaks to the Orwellian connection and prompted an interview with
>> the Wall Street Journal[3].
>>
>> Interestingly, a Reuters news item[4] popped up on Google News
>> (naturally) today regarding Street View in Canada.  As referred to in
>> the article, the Canadian Privacy Minister has some issues[5] with
>> Street View.
>>     
>
> ..but apparently not with warrantless wiretapping. 
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/09/12/tech-privacy.html
>
> Absolutely amazing the way these people set priorities, eh? Strangely, I'm just
> not that worried that Street View is going to accidentally catch someone
> picking their nose when I learn that the spooks want to be able to tap into my
> internet connection any time they feel like it.
>
>   
All the more reason to use encrypted email and VoIP.

Incidentally, I'm in the middle of reading "Crypto" by Steven Levy, 
which covers a lot about the U.S. government's attempts to limit use of 
encryption.

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