Google Streetview - Stay out of my street!

Seriously, what's with Google and its current idea of driving up your street and taking pictures of your house, your car, your silhouette on the shade and posting it online for the whole prurient world to see?  Just how stupid do you have to be not to see that this is an invasion of privacy.

I've heard all the arguments.  Your street and house exist, and anyone can drive or walk down the street and see them.  The pictures aren't live.  You can get them deleted.

Yup, I've heard all of that, along with "We blur number plates on cars" and "We blur faces".  Well, Google fails to do that properly.  My late mother's neighbour has her late husband's car on her drive with the registration mark there for all to see.  Faces elsewhere are shown clearly.

It's an invasion of privacy.

And the only recourse you have is to get the picture removed after it has been published, unless, of course, you know different.

I've sent a pre-emptive email requiring Big G not to display pictures of my house.  I am certain that this will fail.

So, since this is an opinion piece, here's my opinion.

Google, this is a step too far.  This is a huge invasion of privacy.  Get real.  Give it up!  You just took a huge leap down the road of "We all hate Google".  Well done.  Now stay out of my street!

If you agree with me sign the petition to have it banned in the UK