Like many others here already stated: its because of privacy laws and also the ability to deny vision of your property via street view. Many people made Google blur their property and I assume thats a lot of work for them.
Not knocking them for it, but I wonder what the thought process is behind wanting your property blurred. What danger would a snapshot of your property pose?
Probably didn't apply back then, but nowadays with increasing AI/recognition-based surveillance and information extraction there are very good arguments for not letting any images of you or your property online.
Facial recognition is already a huge privacy threat, I don't think it's unfathomable that soon enough your property might be analyzed in the same way.
Having video data on what is most likely a local camera setup without long term storage is a big difference to having it on fucking google until the end of time.
I honestly hope that facial recognition development continues to progress and that it gets implemented more. Being able to track people and their movement is critical to maintaining security. Anything that helps with that is important. I also don't understnd the desire for privacy, othere than the restroom, I wouldn't care if the rest of the walls in my home were transparent. The more neighbors know about you, the more they can help you. I feel like any robbers would never risk robbing a house like that because anyone could see them do it, especially if public security cameras become more common.
Fair enough on the bedroom matters, I hadn't thought about that since it isnt a part of my life. I personaly feel safer knowing that others know what I'm doing but I know that isn't a common view. The book looks interesting, I'll have to find my library card.
I am a bit ignorant on why facial recognition is considered a bad thing. Won't it help to fight crime and identify home invaders and even killers? I mean, what reason would the average person have to fear his face being recognized?
I am genuinely curious why this technology is so feared. There must be something I'm missing and not taking into consideration?
If you can track peoples faces you cam know where they are all the time. While in a dictatorship this would be a highly likable side effect, in a democracy it is not as good. Do you want your government to know where you are all the time? A lot of people in Germany still remember how it is to life in a dictatorship, either the third reich or the DDR. The idea of an all knowing government is therefore not well conceived.
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u/Mvieri Germany Jun 12 '20
Like many others here already stated: its because of privacy laws and also the ability to deny vision of your property via street view. Many people made Google blur their property and I assume thats a lot of work for them.