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[ NNSquad ] In Germany, Google Street View opt-outs getting egged
In Germany, Google Street View opt-outs getting egged
http://bit.ly/gpacRS (Search Engine Land)
This is a wonderful example of unintended consequences in action. By
opting-out, those residents have actually *drawn attention* to
themselves ("gee, let's go see what's so interesting that they're
hiding!"). If they had simply allowed their locations to be shown like
any others in Street View, they would have just been buried in the
noise.
It's sort of like when there's a very public takedown battle
over Internet content -- that ends up drawing far more attention
to the material than would otherwise have been the case.
Oops.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)
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Co-Founder, PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility): http://www.pfir.org
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