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After receiving numerous complaints in Japan, "where personal privacy is highly valued," according to SF Business Times, Google will reshoot the country's street scenes. It seems that some of the shots in Japan, as in many other countries, looked over fence tops and into private residences. Google now plans to lower the camera, which is affixed to a car that helps capture said scenes, about 16 inches to help ensure less intrusive images. The Mountain View-based company did not say when, exactly, the new images will go live. In related news, Greece's Data Protection Authority (DPA) barred Google from snapping any more images "until the company provides additional privacy safeguards."
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Yes, Google was slow to learn that important Japanese maxim: Do not take pictures of the men buying panties from the vending machines.
Unless they smile and make a "V for Victory" sign.
In an uncharacteristic sign of bad engineering, the Google folks fucked up. That camera setup is way too high to capture any quality upskirt shots.