Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/madrid_street_view/
Google scrubs urinating woman from Street View
Spymobile caught taking the piss
Posted in Bootnotes, 30th December 2008 13:30 GMT
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If you're ever caught short in broad daylight and decide you really must relieve yourself behind a parked car, it's probably a good idea to make sure there isn't one of Google's Orwellian Street View spymobiles lurking nearby:
According to Spanish paper El Mundo, this delightful Madrid scene was spotted last Tuesday by sharp-eyed bloggers, who wasted no time in broadcasting it to the world. Within 12 hours, Google responded by scrubbing the image (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=calle+Cefeo+madrid&sll=37.09024,-95.712891&sspn=38.365962,64.072266&ie=UTF8&ll=40.399166,-3.718872&spn=0.00902,0.015643&z=16&g=calle+Cefeo+madrid&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=40.399197,-3.718758&panoid=2uXqTfW8wkrdXUvc17C_8A&cbp=12,152.5796638422938,,0,16.301367726200485) altogether:
The outrage prompts El Mundo to ask: "Does Street View invade the privacy of those it photographs?" In fairness, the original snap does blur the poor victim's face, although it appears Google's buttock-pixelating algorithm is not working as advertised. ®