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GOOGLE STREET VIEW: ?A systematic invasion of privacy?? ?Arguing that people somehow ?deserved i?

By Glenn Reynolds

GOOGLE STREET VIEW: “A systematic invasion of privacy?” “Arguing that people somehow ?deserved it? or have no right to complain because the data wasn?t encrypted is fatuous. We don?t encrypt our mail or our telephone calls, but they come with a legitimate expectation of privacy; our internet usage and e-mail is just the same. Many people use public networks, sharing their access with friends or colleagues ? sometimes because it?s convenient; sometimes because they?re at a café which provides such access for free; sometimes because they don?t know how to protect their wi-fi. Certainly, they should encrypt their systems ? but it hardly relieves the wrongdoer of culpability if the victim is more culpable than others. That logic says that your grandmother shouldn?t leave the house because she?s so easy to rob.” Also, Google is perceived as lefty, so they get more of a pass.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on November 13, 2010 (boomark / email).