Comments on: Privacy 2.0

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:53:27 +0000

Also, in looking at the path the vehicle too, it doesn’t look obvious that it’s a private road either, I can imagine driving there myself by accident, and once they did discover the private road, it doesn’t look easy to turn around either. Let those who have never taken a wrong turn (and had to turn around in someone’s driveway as a result) cast the first stone.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:49:19 +0000

If there’s a no trespassing sign, it’s not very visible. You can go to google maps and once in “street view” follow the trail of the vehicle yourself or click on the map toward the end of the lane:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1567+Oakridge+Lane,+Pittsburgh,+PA&sll=40.578368,-80.079131&sspn=0.006617,0.015299&layer=c&ie=UTF8&cbll=40.575645,-80.079953&panoid=7IfICTbmbepjemD120VPfw&ll=40.578971,-80.079217&spn=0.006617,0.015299&z=16&cbp=1,390.19,,0,5

By: bVisual

bVisual — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:25:30 +0000

I believe that with the technology that exists these days, if anyone has any expectation of privacy they need to wake up. It is scary to think of the things people can learn about you on the internet. There is no guarantee that your private life is private any more. Sad.

“When you can’t be there, bVisual.”

By: intuitivelyobvious

intuitivelyobvious — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:41:57 +0000

Thanks to technology, privacy is a thing of the past. I agree, it started with government information being public…the internet just made it easier to find.

By: rikez

rikez — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:23:20 +0000

in the future, i think technology can’t give us a privacy?

By: txaggie94

txaggie94 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:37:56 +0000

Hey, Scott… Thanks for the thoughts.
1. I’m not saying Google didn’t have people trespassing. They probably did. But that’s a criminal matter, not a civil one, and certainly not one worth in excess of $25K. And we don’t know that they didn’t have the permission of another homeowner to be on the road, either.
2. What types of things could we do to reverse the trend on privacy? Could we work together to encourage local governments to take down red-light cameras, security cameras, etc.? Could we work with Google to implement a policy where no personal information is posted without the explicit permission of the person named? I don’t see any viable solutions, so I am interested in what other people see.

Thanks, again, Scott. As usual, your comments are thought-provoking.
-Katie

By: Brittain

Brittain — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:30:24 +0000

A few thoughts:
I agree this case is 99% likely about the money. Doesn’t make them wrong though. My question: if this was a private road, did someone trespass? We still have a Constitution that still protects our individual liberties and, I’m quite sure, you can’t break the law while infringing on someone’s (by coming onto their property and taking a picture, for example).
As to your bigger point, I also agree that information sharing as you describe it seems fairly inevitable. That doesn’t make it right. When Hitler rolled tanks into France, that outcome seemed inevitable also … until the world got together to set things right.

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