Google Tricycle automatically blurs faces
So the Google Tricycle is hitting Europe, going off road. The California search engine leader has hired two cyclists to ride through Paris gardens, historical sites and other pedestrian-only areas on the device to take thousands of digital photos. For example, the are biking through the gardens of France’s Chateau de Versailles. The only difference this time, they are blurring the faces of the people they drive by:
To respect people’s privacy, Google has installed software that recognizes license plates and people’s faces and automatically blurs them, Dauba-Pantanacce said. Google will then choose the best photos among the thousands taken. The blurring comes to meet privacy concerns. – from MSNBC
August 14th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
[...] lasers attached to their (pole-) heads, to assist with some sort of future 3D system; excerpt from the wire service’s video is attached. Google will blur faces on request, in Europe at least, but the policy is to do so by [...]
August 15th, 2009 at 3:00 am
[...] worry, though, your privacy is safe, according to Google. To respect people’s privacy, Google has installed software that recognizes [...]
August 19th, 2009 at 11:38 am
[...] lasers attached to their (pole-) heads, to assist with some sort of future 3D system; excerpt from the wire service’s video is attached. Google will blur faces on request, in Europe at least, but the policy is to do so by [...]