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BoingBoing reader Mary Kalin-Casey noticed that you can see in her apartment window. In fact, when you look into her living room, you'll see her cat peeking back at you. Of course, the first thing she did when she discovered this invasion of personal privacy was to email the link out to the world, so go figure.
But wait, that's not all. As one Gizmodo reader noticed, if you know where to look, you can also find what appears to be an image of E.T. attempting to phone home -- and almost getting sliced in half by a laser beam. Or something. You can check out that image after the jump.
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Subscribe to commentsconley.calvinSep 18th 2007 5:14PM
how do i download street view
ashJun 19th 2007 7:48AM
how do u download street view on me computer and it free
JWJul 11th 2007 9:12AM
"This is a complex issue. Scoble's assertion that if I can see it from the street I can photograph it and do whatever I want with it is overly simplistic and not correct."
Right you are. In Florida, for sure, it wouldn't be true, as it is illegal there to photograph or video anybody in a place where they have a "reasonable expectation of privacy". So, technically, if the lady next to you is in a short skirt and you manage to get an upskirt photo in the middle of the grocery store, there's a good chance she's got no legal ground to stand on, true enough. However, if you're sneaking peeks into people's bathrooms or bedrooms, or into the girls' locker room or the changing rooms or so on, YOU have no legal room to stand on, because one has a "reasonable expectation of privacy" in one's own bathroom or a locker room (well, privacy from the opposite sex or the outside public, in the latter case, to be fair). So, you're right. At least in Florida.