"quasi" wrote in message
news:6391g35hlhescks0ecu5hdtcmpdmv0a2i4@4ax.com...
: On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:57:01 -0000, Proginoskes gmail.com>
: wrote:
:
: >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".
:
: However if there were video cameras on every building and on every
: street light, I think we would all recognize a substantial loss of
: privacy.
:
: It's being taken away, little by little, as apologists smooth over the
: encroachment.
:
It's already here in Britain, you don't need one on every building
and every street light when you have a telescopic lens on the camera.
There is no constitutional right not to be seen and never has been,
and you don't have a constitutional right to street lights or sunlight.
If a cop sees you walking then he has the right to see you walking,
with or without a camera.
If a cop sees you committing a crime then he'll arrest you, with or
without a camera.
