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Google Street View Car Cameras Grab Emails and Passwords

, Oct 22nd 2010 Discuss [11]

Those cars that drive around your city with the multi-view cameras on the top aren't there to abduct you, they're there to be your friend and provide you with the service of being able to see any street you like through GoogleMaps in real-life color and up-to-date imagery. That's it, right? It was supposed to be all good, but Google seems to be continuously running into trouble with this service, from capturing streakers and thieves to now perhaps accidentally collecting full emails and passwords. Read The Full Story

Google Street View Captures Dead Body on Brazilian Street

, Oct 1st 2010 Discuss [2]

Yesterday marked the launch of Google Street View in Brazil, and it doesn't look like everything went as well as the company probably would have liked. Not only did the Google Street View vehicle capture a couple of dead bodies on the side of one road, but it's actually the second image to show such a scene in Brazil. While this isn't the first time a dead body has shown up in a Google Street View sweep, that previous time had a happy ending, where the body turned out to be a girl that was simply playing a prank. That doesn't seem to be the case this time around. Read The Full Story

Google Street View hits Antarctica

, Oct 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

It's odd to me that Google Street View has limited Street View offerings for my town of 100,000 people yet it now has Street View for Antarctica. The least populated continent on earth with more penguins than people now has Street View. Read The Full Story

Google to Face Spanish Judge in October Over WiFi Data Collection

, Aug 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

It's been going on for a few months now. We've seen government agencies, like the FTC, as well as entire governments get involved, and now Google is being summoned by a judge in Spain to sort out this whole fiasco. At least, as it relates to those in Spain. The reason? That data that Google collected from WiFi locations all over the place, is apparently still rubbing folks the wrong way. We saw the results over in South Korea, and now it's Spain's turn to dive in. Read The Full Story

Girl sees Street View car and plays dead

, Aug 13th 2010 Discuss [2]

We have seen some strange things on Google Street View. I think that many use the service more to find wacky photos of the crazy stuff people are doing when they have no idea they are being snapped than anything. Read The Full Story

Google’s Seoul Office Raided by Police

, Aug 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Whether or not Google is having a good week in the eyes of the media is anyone's guess at this point, but this one will definitely get a check-mark in the "no" category. According to Reuters, the search giant is getting in even more trouble due to their whole "collecting WiFi" debacle. Back in May, the FTC was actually called on to investigate Google, based on the claims that the company was snagging WiFi information while they went around taking photographs for their Street View. And now the allegations are back, but this time in South Korea. Read The Full Story

Google Denies Testing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Street View

, Aug 9th 2010 Discuss [3]

While Google may be working with Verizon to make sure that the Internet remains open, that's not stopping them from getting entangled in a terrifying story involving Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and invading people's privacy. But, considering it involves Google Maps, Street View, and crazy little gadgets flying around photographing updated images of all things public, why wouldn't it freak people out? No fear though, as Google has responded, and said they aren't using spy drones to take pictures. Read The Full Story

Google’s Street View team photos flaming van of death

, Oct 8th 2009 Discuss [1]

Google has found that its street view service has landed it in a bit of trouble since it debuted. There was the time when the Street view team was driving around military bases making detailed maps that terrorists could use for starters. Then there is this photo the Street View team captured in front of someone's home with their van on fire. Read The Full Story
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