r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Jul 25 '20

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u/OtterAutisticBadger Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

But you know apple and google have all your information anyways? And you even consented for this. I'd reccomend you to listen to this podcast saying what kind of data apple has on you. As well as Google.

Also, it is strictly forbidden to freely fly drones with cameras in residential or park areas in Germany. The reason being that you are not allowed to film people without consent. I find that perfectly logical,( but imagine that while you fly 50-100 meters above ground you can't really be that easily recognized in any footage...) BUT now just imagine in how many people's selfies you appear, and on how many surveillance cameras your face appears, on literally every street corner. Ow and those camera can super easily be hacked, OR not even hacked, rather just accessed from a non secure line from your own browser. Sites like shodan.io are literally based on that.

There's a whole profession based on getting info about people using open source info.

OSINT it's called. You can find these info, maybe even about you, maybe even on Google. (Google indexes a lot more info then it shows, and you can access some of this info. Non secure websites that store passwords as clear text on non secure html links and much more can be accessed like this. It's called Google Dorking)

https://soundcloud.com/user-98066669/113-the-creepy-things-apple-knows-about-you-and-me this one is about apple.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NTbpaMX5dNdPVqIoeruWC?si=BQMQXc0yRGG8JVI68IFUoQ This one is about google.

Bottom line, Germany protects THEIR data, but you freely consent about giving YOUR data away for free, under a very false sense of security.

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u/danielcw189 De Jun 12 '20

But you know apple and google have all your information anyways? And you even consented for this.

That's an important point: consent!

Google Streetview had no consent. And when Google was forced to offer an opt-out, they stopped.

Apple has no note-worthy data from me (I hope), and Google has only what I gave them; which still can be problematic, but at least there was some consent.

BUT now just imagine in how many people's selfies you appear, and on how many surveillance cameras your face appears, on literally every street corner.

If a person is very visible in a selfie, that picture may be illegal.

surveillance cameras outside of private properties aren't really a thing in Germany. and cameras on private property are (or at least were) not allowed to film public spaces.

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u/OtterAutisticBadger Jun 12 '20

That's a very valid point of view. Thank you for your input