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If you use Google Maps every day, you probably also use its Street View feature. Street View uses recent street photos, taken by those conspicuous Google cars you’ve probably seen out on the roads, to let you virtually visit locations all over the world, like landmarks and national parks. It’s really useful if you want to check out the outside of a restaurant or bar before you go there, or for identifying a unit in a building that you’ve never been to before. If you’re driving to someone’s… Source link

Google Maps can be a useful tool for getting you where you need to go, but it can also be a risk to your privacy. While using Street View on Google Maps, you can get a 360 degree view of any area on the map, including views of the outside of people’s homes. As Nelson Aguilar writes for CNET, Street View “makes it easier for stalkers or criminals to plan their way inside your home.” Would-be-criminals could look at your home for cameras or possible… Source link

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Posted: Aug 29, 2021 12:46 PM CDT by Alabama News Network Staff You’ve probably looked at your house on Google Earth or Google Street view. Maybe you’vevirtually walked down your street to see the neighborhood. Initially, you might have thought it was pretty cool. But to someone looking to break into houses, those images give the bad guys a lot of information to help them decide which house to… Source link

Maintain your work-from-home privacy during Google Meet calls by hiding the room behind you in a few easy steps. Image: Google Virtual meetings have been a lifesaver for many businesses and individuals over the past year of pandemic-related shutdowns. Along with convenience… Source link

How do you do that? Go to Google Maps on a computer or your phone, and you can virtually walk down almost any street, looking at houses, maybe seeing someone in front of their house. All of the photos are taken from a satellite. If that’s too much for you, Google will blur your house, your face, and other objects. Source link

Posted: Nov 6, 2020 11:34 AM CST by Alabama News Network Staff You may have thought it was pretty cool at first. Seeing your house on Google Maps and Google Earth. Now, it’s kind of creepy. And putting pictures of private residences online for anyone in the world to see, has reportedly put some people in danger. Singer Billie Eilish reportedly had a stalker go to her house 7 times finding it on… Source link

You may have thought it was pretty cool at first. Seeing your house on Google Maps and Google Earth. Now, it’s kind of creepy. And putting pictures of private residences online for anyone in the world to see, has reportedly put some people in danger. Singer Billie Eilish reportedly had a stalker go to her house 7 times after finding it on Street View. She got a… Source link