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Most of it is just misinformation. People think the images are realtime. They think you can move the camera to go to places and e.g. look into windows to see wh
by Sujan 16y ago
Most of it is just misinformation.
People think the images are realtime. They think you can move the camera to go to places and e.g. look into windows to see what your neighbour is doing right now.
The other part is irrational fear.
Fear that thieves will use 2 year old images to check out a house, fear that some potential employer won't hire them because you apartment complex looks shitty (Some Germans really like their house fronts - contrast that to the France that most don't care at all what it looks like from the outside, as ling as it's attractive from the inside).
So yes, it's a German thing.
- houseabsolute 16y agoIt always fascinates me that any given action by a business, when seen through various cultural lenses, may appear sinister which to me is of the most innocuous variety. Working for Google, these differences in perception affect my daily life with unfortunate frequency.
- coffeejunk 16y agoThe problem is that it's a unhealthy mix of missinformation, summer slump politics and unreasonable fear, with a little dash of propaganda. One more thing: If a potential employer won't hire me, because the facade of the house i live in looks like a mess, I don't want to work for this employer. (The same thing is true for drunken Oktoberfest pictures on Facebook or whatnot.)
- addywaddy 16y agoLet's say you own a motorhome/caravan and it's kept on your drive. To determine whether you are away on holiday or not, all I need to do is drive by your house and compare what I see with what Street View shows. I can take a 2hr drive through suburbia and draw up a nice list of homes whose residents are unlikely to be in when I come by again in the evening.
- Sujan 16y agoI take a pizza flyer, put it in front of your door. If it's still there next morning, I'm safe to go into your flat. No Google needed.