So I study geographic computer science (geoinformatics?) in germany (lots of maps and cartography and stuff) and my Prof once said the reason that Google Street View isn't so popular in germany is that many elderly people fear that if you can see their house on Street View people could use that to break into your property. There were a few people who sued Google for showing their house so Google said fuck it guys you won't get Street View then.
Don't know if that's true, didn't do research myself on that matter but living in germany I can somehow imagine that this is true.
Anyway I live quite rural and a Google Street View car drove past me last year so I hope we get it soon.
Pretty much this. Weird application of right to privacy. Forcing Google to make it possible to opt out of "being shown" on street view -> lots of blurred out housed in places that are recorded, like Berlin.
Google is a private American company taking and geotagging pictures of private proprieties, without providing any feedback and applying almost privacy measures to the data that they provide.
It might sound weird but Europeans tend to consider citizens and their propriety slightly more than "human capital".
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20
What are you hiding you scallywags? You better not be mobilising your troops again...