Google Street View Could Conceal Faces In U.S.

December 3, 2007

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Google Street View Could Conceal Faces In US

Google Street View is a bit controversial, and two months ago, Google’s global privacy counsel announced that his company was willing to conceal people’s faces and license plates in some countries. Now there’s word that it could do this in America, as well.

Stress on “could”; Jane Horvath, Google’s senior privacy counsel, spoke to Yet McMillan writes, “She added that Google is considering taking the same steps with the U.S. version of the Street View software.”

This would certainly be a twist; given the months of hubbub that have surrounded pictures of hobos and whatnot, now would be an odd time to give into privacy advocates’ demands. Then again, Google may be anticipating an increasing outcry as it continues to release images for different cities. Also, Street View was further $' /></a> </div> <script> (function() { function initCopyableSections() { document.querySelectorAll('.article-content .copyable-section').forEach(function(section) { if (section.querySelector('.copyable-section__btn')) return; var btn = document.createElement('button'); btn.type = 'button'; btn.className = 'copyable-section__btn'; btn.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Copy to clipboard'); var label = section.getAttribute('data-copy-label'); btn.textContent = label ? 'Copy ' + label : 'Copy'; section.appendChild(btn); btn.addEventListener('click', function() { var contentEl = section.querySelector('.copyable-section__content'); var text; if (contentEl) { text = contentEl.textContent.trim(); } else { var clone = section.cloneNode(true); var btnClone = clone.querySelector('.copyable-section__btn'); if (btnClone) btnClone.parentNode.removeChild(btnClone); text = clone.textContent.trim(); } if (!text) return; navigator.clipboard.writeText(text).then(function() { var t = btn.textContent; btn.textContent = 'Copied!'; btn.classList.add('copied'); setTimeout(function() { btn.textContent = t; btn.classList.remove('copied'); }, 2000); }); }); }); } if (document.readyState === 'loading') { document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', initCopyableSections); } else { initCopyableSections(); } })(); </script>   <div class=$

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