New Discovery

I tried googling myself too, quite some info returned.  I saw my work phone no. and related info from the online directory of my workplace, then, from public search info, I saw our home phone no. and address, further more, from the property record ....... all the previous owners of this property, when did we buy this property, how much mortgage we took out, actual copies of the deed and mortgage documents that we signed.  If the mortgage has been paid off, when it was paid off.  If you have a second mortgage, info about the second mortgage................ no privacy at all.

Honestly, I didn't discover it myself. 

My daughter told me, then I started exploring and using this Google map search.  But still, to me, it's a big discovery. 

No wonder.  Thank you for the info.

Those street views are not only pictures, you can move along, back and forth or turn at different angles to see what you want to see.  Amazing.  But then, like what's indicated in the article, there's a privacy issue.

I believe the pictures are only taken periodically, not instant ones.  As the pictures of the street views that I see today are the same ones that I saw yesterday.  Anyway, I only saw one person, my neighbor, in one of those views of the whole block.  Nobody else was outdoors when those pictures were taken.

But then again, whoever happen to be outdoors when the pictures are taken, they'll be in them.

But then again, whenever you're in the open or even driving, especially in commercial areas, you have to be prepared that you're being taped by countless surveillance cameras.

I believe the revenues are mainly from advertising.  Let's google to find out. 

I have developed a habit of using Google instead of MSN or Yahoo when it comes to searching as like you said, I think it's powerful too.

Now, on top of bird's eye views, you may see street views exactly like you're walking up and down the street and looking at each and every house, their front yards, their cars in the driveway ...... and my neighbor watering her lawn! 

If I happen to be there when they take pictures periodically, I would even be in the views!! 

I can be easily tracked down.  They may as well follow the activities of my credit card ......... you know, she's now in a gas station ...... she's now in Rite Aid ....... she's now in Macy's ........... 

Hey, even though we're ordinary good citizens, have you seen those movies or good ordinary people like us being framed and got into big trouble like hell??  I can't watch those movies.  They suffocate me.

First of all, posting things online is actually letting the whole world to see.  Anything that you posted can lead back to you and reveal your identity.  Pictures, of course, reveal even more.

You mean, those street views are not taken from the satellite?  Someone told me that those advanced lenses can pretty much do anything from the satellite.  Not sure though.

It indeed has a privacy issue.  I could clearly see our cars parked in our driveway!!  I tried to zoom and see if I could read the license plates.  Thank God, couldn't read them.

If they want to track you down, there's nothing that can stop them.  Just too many ways and devices.

You know what?  They may probably track you down just simply by tracking your cell phone, I suppose. 

There's also one way to track down a person, that is, his or her credit card activities.  As you go along, they know where you are. 

The pictures, I believe, are not instant views.  Maybe pictures are taken periodically. 

You may also try searching for HK addresses.  I tried typing in HK addresses, it gave me bird's-eye views from the satellite.  You may zoom closer and closer, it's just that it was not able to give me such close-up street views like those over here.  Go ahead and try.  Go to Google.com and click on map........

Do you know what and how?  I have no clue about things like this.

When I search at Google.com and click on "map", it has several options including "satellite" and I believe the maps and bird's-eye views are from the satellite.  The street views?  I really don't know.