Wednesday, January 6, 2010

A great way to stalk people

So I decided to try out this new Google feature and it's pretty awesome. It works just like a GPS and how you can navigate around. This shows how revolutionary our technology is growing in our society. Each year, many innovated technology is in the making. It's like how a modern black and white TV would evolve to a flat screen TV. Also, how road maps can turn into real time maps. I think this new street view would be a great idea because many tourists can get a glimpse of what to expect when using the street view such as Times Square or Yonge and Dundas. Why use a map as a resource when you can use Street View?

I don't think that it would invade anyone's privacy because most faces and license plates are blurred out. Then again, Google has gotten many pictures of all houses that other people wouldn't want their house to be put out on the internet. It is possible to find many weird things in this Street View. For example, when I was playing around with this technology, I found someone’s front entrance on fire. Weird right? Many people have criticized how this 'street view' can stalk people and know where they live.

Aside from how great this technology is, it tends to have some glitches in it. I found out on the news and the newspaper on how there are two CN Towers combined. This controversy was everywhere back then. Yet, from this day, Google still never fixed this glitch yet.

Overall, aside from the flaws and privacy issues, this Street View is a wonderful piece of technology for seeing fantastic sites or just wondering what to expect at a current area. It would be wonderful to help me look around many certain places around the world.

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