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Street View Sabotage! [Updated × 2]

Wednesday, 7th May 2008 by

Two more incidences of sabotage discovered – see the end of this post Many people have voiced their concerns regarding the privacy implications of Google’s Street View service – but what if there were a way to “opt-out” of having your neighbourhood displayed online? Yes, it appears that some enterprising resident of Fairbanks, Alaska, has worked out how to completely disable the Street View car’s onboard recording device! Even better,…

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