Archive for the 'Street View' Category
Dear Facebook, Google: Please Engage in Value-Conscious Design
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Much of my research strives to extend my broader social, political, and ethical explorations of information and communication technologies beyond the halls of academia and into “real-world” design contexts to pragmatically engage with designers and advocate for the value-conscious design of new media and information technologies. Recognizing that the choices engineers and designers make in […]
How Google Blew It with Street View
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007As I just mentioned, Google recently announced plans to blur or otherwise obscure people’s faces in the Canadian version of the Street View product. After a brief conversation with my colleague Chris Hoofnagle, I’ve come to realize that in their launch of Street View, Google blew a chance to really take a leadership role in […]
Catching up - link dump
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007I’ve been incredibly busy lately, and need to quickly catch up on some recent items of note:
Siva Vaidhyanathan has launched a new blog for his forthcoming book, “The Googlization of Everything“…
…while Cory Doctorow provides his fictional vision of Google at its most evil extreme, working with Homeland Security to monitor and track citizens. My favorite […]
Google to Blur Personal Data on Street View Upon Request — But Requesting Remains Difficult
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Given the obvious privacy concerns with Google’s Street View imaging system (as well as Microsoft’s Windows Live Local Virtual Earth), you would think providers of such services would make it easy for privacy-threatening content to be flagged and removed. While Google did provide a means to flag “unacceptable images” in Street View, I noticed right […]
Following up on Google Street View
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007There continues to be quite a bit of buzz and concern about Google’s “Street View” enhancement for Google Maps. A couple of comments on recent developments:
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I don’t want to be picky, but given all the (necessary) attention given to the privacy aspects of Street View, I still wonder where everyone was when Microsoft launched […]
Google’s “Street View” and Privacy in Public
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007About 6 months ago Microsoft launched their Windows Live Local Virtual Earth service, providing street level images of San Francisco and Seattle. You can drive or walk around the map and view the streets and storefronts…and the people. This detailed level of mapping carries significant concerns about one’s privacy in public, which I pointed […]
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