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ckhhrryissAug 5, 2010
I'd like to be removed from the sidewalks in advanced too. Thanks!
dteleAug 6, 2010
I want to know if it can add people in awkward situations?
thinboyslimAug 6, 2010
Not sure it'll do the job for the groups of people, I get the feeling he'll be working on that for a good long time.
spire3660Aug 7, 2010
Preserve privacy in public places is an oxymoron.
v0iderAug 7, 2010
Enjoy having pictures of yourself taken in the public urinal.
botaxeroAug 7, 2010
Just let me know first so I can moon the camera.
spire3660Aug 7, 2010
Public urinals are legally recognized as having an expectation of privacy. This is common sense and you are just trolling.
mojoe1185Aug 7, 2010
Researcher discovers Photoshop.
aminy23Aug 8, 2010
CS1 maybe, content aware fill in CS5 would work beautifully for all of these.
rizzosbackAug 7, 2010
People in public have no expectation of privacy.
cslawrenAug 7, 2010
That's my thinking too. How the f**k can you claim it's an invasion of privacy to have your picture taken (not necessarily intentionally either) and have it posted on the internet when you were outside in public view?
anothersoldierAug 7, 2010
I dont know... people do have the right to privacy, even in public places. What if you were hiding from your ex husband, and he seen you on google maps, found you and killed you? People do deserve to feel safe...
I personally don't give two s**ts if someone takes my picture. But I can see reasons why some people would.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
shozikuAug 7, 2010
I guess the lesson here is don't do stupid s**t in public. and wear a panda suit... definitely a panda suit.
rizzosbackAug 7, 2010
If you're afraid of people seeing you outside you DON'T GO OUTSIDE.
Again, circumstances are irrelevant, in PUBLIC you have no right to PRIVACY. It's incredibly straightforward.
As far as actual LEGAL precedent: People are allowed to take your picture outside. If they're taking just regular pictures, not focusing on you, you have no legal argument for them not to take your picture.
cawpinAug 7, 2010
@Anothersoldier: "What if you were hiding from your ex husband, and he seen you on street view, found you and killed you? People do deserve to feel safe... "
That's an EXCEPTION, not the rule.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
anothersoldierAug 8, 2010
@cawpin, I appreciate you semi-rooting for me, but I dugg you down because I'm pissed off at my s**tty comment ^^^ up there that I can't take back.
/honesty
slapdedAug 7, 2010
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clonedAug 8, 2010
But what about Chewbacca's right to privacy?
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
What about the Ewoks' rights to privacy?
voxxovAug 7, 2010
The second half of that image looks like a predator with his cloaking on.
shnufflesAug 7, 2010
looks like he just went into photoshop and used the spot healing brush...
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
How does it detect people?
orangetideAug 7, 2010
an algorithm.
dungeAug 7, 2010
Programmation motherf**ker
anothersoldierAug 7, 2010
I'm not sure on this but I think it analyzes a series of images as opposed to one signle image. It will look at, say, 3 or 4 images as if it were a video (because the camera is moving). If the person has also moved in the duration of three shots, we know it's living.
However I'm not sure how it ignores vehicles... it's possible it takes size into consideration too.
gazowAug 7, 2010
it just googles them
evil_doerAug 7, 2010
magic, of course
aminy23Aug 8, 2010
There is a guy who sits down on his computer, takes random print screens and then uses the clone stamp tool in photoshop to get rid of the people. He is probably researching content aware filling right now, for his next batch.
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
This whole privacy business is getting completely out of hand. Don't get me wrong, I value and respect privacy. But that's why I keep private things f**king private. Privacy is first and foremost about personal f**king responsibility. I'm really getting sick of all these whiny bitches who think that privacy means, "I'm going to do something in public, everyone look away!" You don't want to be seen in public? Don't leave your f**king house. You don't want the world to know your most intimate secrets on Facebook? Don't f**king put them on Facebook.
It's like if I decided to run naked through my local grocery store, and when the cops tazed my pathetic ass, I said, "I have a right to privacy which you violated when you saw me running naked through the produce section."
street593Aug 7, 2010
Well said, my thoughts exactly.
technorabbitAug 7, 2010
You were thinking of him running around naked?
thisisbobAug 7, 2010
All your information are belong to us.
animan351Aug 7, 2010
On a related note; researcher likes life to be absolutely boring.
dulcettoneAug 7, 2010
Privacy nutjobs are a type of nutjob.
neotechniAug 7, 2010
You couldnt pick something less gross, like a simple blur/mozaic?
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
Ironic, huh... No one wants to be seen in public, but everyone hates burqas.
neotechniAug 7, 2010
I never said I had a problem with being seen in public.
Though everyone does hate burqas. Thank God france was smart enough to bad them. I wish it would happen in more placesComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
abk0110Aug 8, 2010
what's it like HATING FREEDOM‽
neotechniAug 8, 2010
Burqas are a symbol of oppression, not freedom.
abk0110Aug 8, 2010
And banning them is also a symbol of oppression, you c**k
orangetideAug 7, 2010
so now we'll have creepy ghosts in the streetview pics?
Also why was the dog left in the photo, I really do not appreciate this violation to a dog's right to privacy.
shozikuAug 7, 2010
yeah I can see violating a humans rights, but please won't someone think of the DOGS!!??
shozikuAug 7, 2010
I should take back that last remark, if the dog feels violated he can always contact his congressman himself. or some californian will do it for him.
aminy23Aug 8, 2010
@ shoziku What if the dog wanted to be violated?
pyroclastic_vikingAug 7, 2010
no, please don't ruin the hilarity of events like http://seandfeeney.com/google-maps-street-view-guy-peeing-on-the-side-of-the-road/
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
I'm certainly relieved to read this. Will it remove that sheep, too?
therumsterAug 7, 2010
Then what will I use to creep on the ladies with?
botaxeroAug 7, 2010
The reasons behind removing people from Street View directly contradict the reasons to allow video taping of the police.
superkendallAug 7, 2010
Honestly I really would rather they keep people. Does no-one think of the historical value of having constantly updated screen shots of street life, and people in them, from all over?
The street is about as public as it gets there should be zero complaint for being photographed when out on the street.
anothersoldierAug 7, 2010
I completely agree - however, there are cases I believe should remain open for argument. For example, I was street viewing around in... Australia, I beleive? and I went down a long gravel road... near a lake, and saw some campers.. with their underwear hanging on the line, and their tents set up.
Also, theres some cases where the camera can see over top of privacy fences and into the windows of homes.
cawpinAug 7, 2010
Again, if it is viewable from a public space that's the person's fault and they have no expectation of privacy if they put things out in the open.
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
"If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place." - Google CEO Eric Schmidt... Who owns a LLC, based out of a million dollar suburban home for tax purposes, which he doesn't want you to know about.
anothersoldierAug 7, 2010
You mean, I shouldn't be sitting here masterbating while eating a sandwhich, drinking milk and surfing Digg? I really don't want anyone to know about this... but it's not going to stop me from doing it.
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
If you don't want anyone to know, you shouldn't be broadcasting it to the f**king world. That's the problem I have with retards like you (I've read your other posts on the subject). You f**king broadcast s**t to the world, and you get all pissy because someone else sees it. What the f**k's wrong with you? What does it matter whether someone sees you in public personally, or they see a photograph of you in public? Does it really change anything?
Christ, I swear...
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
So, you'd be okay with me filming every moment of your day, stop to finish, from the moment you step out of your front door to the moment you return? Oh, and make that available to whoever wants it...?
By your own logic, that would be acceptable, since we have no expectation of privacy in public places. I can watch you, report on you, keep tabs on you, tail you wherever you go, build stats on where you go, how much time you spend there, develop a profile on you based on that data, eventually determining damn near everything about you from the octane level of the gas you buy to whether or not like you like sprinkles on your f**king donut. All for a good reason. I've got a mile long line of people at my door who want that information to sell you s**t. And you'll buy it. They know you'll buy it. Because they know you.
Winston and Maria would be proud.
shozikuAug 7, 2010
well hell this is bad news for google truck chasing lawn chair scuba guy.
anothersoldierAug 7, 2010
"Computer science graduate student Arturo Flores.......developed this proof-of-concept system.....removes pedestrians from urban scenes pulled from Google Street View"
Oh, neat.
"The system removes pedestrians and replaces the holes in the images with an approximation of the actual background behind each pedestrian."
ok...neat.
"The system, for example, can replace the pixels blocked by a person walking by a mural of horses grazing in a pasture."
yeah, got that part...
" Flores developed his automated system that replaces pedestrians with the actual urban scene the people are blocking."
Ok enough already, we get it.
winternetAug 7, 2010
Can't they just use the new Photoshop Content Aware to delete it without the ghosts? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0aEp1oDOI
xptoastAug 7, 2010
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cricketking1Aug 7, 2010
Awesome idea and great for privacy. But if you did that to an entire downtown... now that would be eerie.
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
You're an idiot, and if you're so f**king worried about someone seeing you in public, just stay down there in your mom's basement.
neilcowzerAug 7, 2010
Cool technology yes, but the thought browsing Google street view - minus people is just well... creepy. In a ghost town kind of way. A resemblance which is not helped by the presence of artifacts or "ghosts" in the sample photos.
jazzcatdrpAug 7, 2010
Pedestrian remover? I usually just refer to it as my "front bumper."
aviannaAug 7, 2010
So this is a preview of what the streets will look like the day after the zombies attack...
Nom nom nom... Researcher brainzzz....
colonchancerAug 7, 2010
The Quiet Earth?
All to keep the tin hat wearing muppets happy?
If you could wipe these people offa the face of the earth rather than just google earth I'd call it a deal.
thorn16Aug 7, 2010
Finding the silly crap pedestrians do on Google Street is half the fun!
blankmanAug 7, 2010
can't anyone look into the damn future? How cool would it be 50 years from now to look back at the Google Earth archive and find yourself walking down the street? Or like 150 years from now, when people look back on this time, how cool it would be to have people scattered about. What could anyone possibly be doing walking down the street that merits privacy? anyone can legally take your picture, including google.
thebigbentleyAug 7, 2010
Researchers discover "clone stamp" in Photoshop.
homestar14Aug 7, 2010
Gentlemen.
dmcbrideAug 8, 2010
THATS GREAT BUT THEY COULDNT STOP THE GOD DAMNED DOG FROM PISSING ON MY TREE?!?
just kdding :) Cool stuff!
qstix20Aug 8, 2010
Fearing your privacy via satellite pics .... it's all so stupid. There's a lot to be said about getting lost in the numbers. Unless you were doing something in public that you shouldn't normally be doing in public, your pic won't get anybody's attention.
kwipperAug 9, 2010
So... when can I get my own cloak suit?