Reality Out of Sync

It’s been noted by me on at least one occasion that I’m not a big fan of one company having all of my stuff. I am not a huge fan of Google having every aspect of my search history, or even thought I’ve ever written down in their database. They are an excellent search engine, and they do have some really interesting services; however, I try to minimize how much of my ‘Net soul I hand over to them. I wonder how much of it I could feasibly give to them and then to Grant and maintain my freedom. The two of them will eventually wipe one another out over the pieces and I’d be free. Good idea, prata, way to be smart!

One such family has apparently taken my idea of not having Google own them, and taken it to some new heights of intensity. I’m not sure how much anyone has heard of Street View, Google’s attempt to photograph the entire earth at eye level (interesting idea, maybe a little scary??), but the Borings apparently are quite afraid of the notion. You may have a gander at the results of their filing a lawsuit here. The premise is that the Google Street View vehicle which took the pictures of their home and drive (which they say was private property) had driven onto their property while taking the pictures. Of note, the Borings did not attempt to use the process already in place to have those images removed. They immediately began the lawsuit. That doesn’t sound like they did due diligence to me.

The Borings have appealed, but I doubt they will get very far. It’ll be interesting to see!