Google might had quite less trouble with its Street View in quite a lot of countries but it has definitely received negative feedback one way or the other right from the word go. Presently its stepping into Germany has met a pretty un-welcoming crowd and many citizens think that the company’s slogan“don’t be evil” doesn’t really stand true.
The town of Molfsee near Kiel has taken up to resist Google’s idea to organize the world with its Street View. The town with its 5,000 inhabitants doesn’t like the idea of being photographed by Google and letting the world have an eye at every nook and corner with its 360 street mapping and imaging that is accessible via Google Maps.
Reinhold Hartwart, leader of the CDU town council considered the Street View to be a threat to the privacy of its town people, stating:
You can see everything in those photos! That is opening house and home to criminals!
This isn’t really the first time Street View has been alleged of attacking the privacy of people and Google as always isn’t really concerned with these accusations. Kay Oberbeck, Google’s spokeswoman for the North and Central Europe stated:
You can’t really see anything more than a person walking down the street would. But, whereas that person can look over the hedge, our cameras can’t.
The Street View does blur out the faces of people and other things that can be used against a person’s privacy. Well it’s all controversy with Google and its related services, let’s just hope and see how successful is this resistance from the German town be.
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