http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/ Engadget Comments for Angry British villagers block Google Street View car, incident captured on CCTV http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Oh n yes it does tend to rain, though most of the time it's overcast n threatening to rain but it means it makes the sunshine all the sweeter.

If it helps general media would have you thinking All American's area bunch of war mongering yokels with a combined IQ of 5, put far to much trust in Creationism, and are far too gun happy.
And don't have enough CCTV camera's :D]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/

Google can't kick in my door, arrest me and my family, seize my property and make me prove I bought it legitamately before I get it back, all based upon false information.

BTW Google street view will not look into your backyard.

Google Earth does that. And the Government.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/I think the illegal wiretapping in the states which was largely achieved by the complacency of telecos would remind us that private information retained by companies is no worse that the government owning , and at times is the same thing.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/]]>Apr 3rd 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/"Google can't kick in my door, arrest me and my family, seize my property and make me prove I bought it legitamately before I get it back, all based upon false information."

...yet.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
I just watched this story on BBC TV's lunchtime news. Broughton looks like a nice town and the residents who stopped the car sounded pretty pissed off. They apparently joined hands to block the car. But no pitchforks or burning torches...]]>Apr 3rd 2009 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Developed? Yes. But well?]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
I swear, the first time i read that I thought I saw "under-developed". Guess im just tired.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
This country has serious, SERIOUS privacy issues, and they desperately need to be addressed, but reality TV? Make arguments like that and they'll laugh you out of wherever the hell you've managed to get your voice heard.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/ Must in their turn to tyrants fall,
Must in their turn to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.

Oh the irony! I think Google would have performed this country a service by running these nutters down. The biggest threat to our privacy isn't Google, it's Wacky Jaqui Smith.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
But, the bigger question is, what privacy is being intruded? If it helps, maybe google should announce their camera will be passing by so the townspeople can stay inside during the few minutes it takes as the car passes. The house is already mostly public domain... it is not cloaked. the people are not so much in the publc domain because you generally control how you interact in the world, and change actions accordingly...

It's not the house they object to being photographed, is it? It's themselves, right? So stay the heck away from the car, and no photo of you will be possible.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
I somewhat agree with what they are saying

I wouldn't want a stranger taking pictures of my house and uploading them to the internet..]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/If your tax assessor doesn't have a website, go down to town/city hall and they'll do the same for you, but might charge $1.25 or something for the print.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
Perfectly acceptable remark that ruins the entire argument...]]>Apr 3rd 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7980737.stm

The actual BBC article, rather than this hype. They were annoyed by the idea of thieves using the pictures to aid them into breaking into houses, not that I think it really makes sense but just because here in the UK there are CCTV camera's in town and city centres that doesn't mean we have them staring in people's houses and those images aren't generally available to the public which Google street maps is.

I guess because the govt. in the US can read anyones e-mail and listen in to any phone call, that means you all happily hand out copies of all the e-mails you send and recordings of all your personal phone calls ... I didn't think so.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
As much as they get criticized, they have in fact helped with a lot of crime cases. It's just a shame the police rely so much on them instead of getting of their backsides and doing their job properly.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
Still, my point stands.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
"BRITAIN'S network of CCTV cameras has been branded "an utter fiasco" for failing to cut crime, despite billions of pounds being spent on it.

"Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville, who is in charge of closed-circuit television for the Metropolitan Police Force, claimed only 3 per cent of the capital's street robberies are solved using security camera footage and criminals are not afraid of being caught on film."

http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Britain39s-multibillionpound--CCTV-.4055450.jp

Saying our streets aren't littered with CCTV cameras leads me to believe you don't like in a town or city. Heck, here in Westminster the darn things drive past you on top of Smart Cars several times a day.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
As for my location, I live in Leeds and yes, there are cameras all over the City, but I personally don't mind them being in the City. They don't hassle me, they don't cause me any inconvenience whatsoever. Get to the outskirts of the City and further, and the number of cameras drops to almost zero. There are none in or around my neighbourhood (other than private ones on shops and some people's gardens etc.) and it isn't a posh/upper class neighbourhood in the slightest.

If there are places where CCTV is set up in residential suburbs/estates/etc, then I could understand why people there would be against them. As it stands though, I don't see what the problem is - waste of government money? Can't be helped. Our tax money is always going to be pissed away while we have chimps running the Country.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
Epic lol.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
I mean: Rahahaha, bloody good, old chap!]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Apr 3rd 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/Where can i download it? Is it easy to uninstall?

Btw. Geeeezuz is the all-seeing eye! *caugh* *sigh*]]>Apr 3rd 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/angry-british-villagers-block-google-street-view-car-incident-c/
I live in the US, and it's true, not hype, although the IQ is a little over rated. :D

That brings me to a point I'm not sure you intended, but bully for you if you did. That there is a group think, a combined IQ that is in operation whenever you get a group or mob together. In fact, most people apparently coalesce using their baser instincts rather than their intellect, so you see angry mobs most frequently rather than those going from town to town aiding those less fortunate. I wonder how many angry individuals you need before a mob of a given size becomes generally malicious. I wonder how any individual can have such a strong need to belong that they turn into an ass. I wonder, how much taking this world can handle before it turns into a world of mess. OK, the reality show is over.

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