Archive for June 14th, 2007

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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Privacy Advocate Caught Red Handed. Again.

Thursday, 14th June 2007 by Alex

Update: This image has now been removed by Google. I wonder if Kevin requested that it be removed, or if Google decided to do it themselves?

Staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation Kevin Bankston has been caught by Google’s Street View camera having a cigarette on his way to work - a habit he’s been trying to conceal from his family. Here’s a picture of him for comparison.

In a brilliant case of history repeating itself, it turns out that Kevin was actually previously caught having a sneaky smoke back in 2005, this time by Amazon’s A9 service!

For more Street View sightings, check out our brand new forum, and you can read the full story of Kevin’s misfortune at Wired.