>On Sep 30, 8:07 pm, "gb6...@yahoo.com" yahoo.com> wrote:

>> On Sep 30, 12:37 pm, "Dave L. Renfro" cmich.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>

>>> gb6...@yahoo.com" yahoo.com> wrote (in part):

>>

>>>> Google's Streetview software now like Orwell watches
>>>> all streets and allows people to peek into people's
>>>> home windows. Google says people see what they
>>>> would if they would go to those streets.

>>

>>> I didn't know much about this so I googled for the
>>> site. As far as I can tell, it's only in 9 locations
>>> in the U.S. (and all but 2 are in coastal areas) and
>>> nowhere outside the U.S. I'd hardly say this is
>>> "all streets", or even more than a very extremely tiny
>>> fraction of all streets (even in the U.S.). And even
>>> if it were all streets in the U.S., if the cameras
>>> are only confined to street locations, no one is
>>> going to be able to see into your home window unless
>>> your house is right up on the street (or pretty close,
>>> with a very short driveway).

>>

>>> Dave L. Renfro

>>
>> Violates basic constitutional rights.

>
>Fortunately, there is a defense, available at every home decorating
>store, called a "shade".