Broughton, UK, cuts off nose to spite face

[hambil]

Google's ambitious plan to offer a 3-D street level view of communities across three continents hit a snag when angry residents of a UK village blocked the search engine's camera car from photographing their homes.

Fearing the appearance of their well appointed properties on the Web site would attract criminals scouting for burglary targets, villagers in Broughton, north of London, summoned the police after spotting the car.

"I was upstairs when I spotted the camera car driving down the lane," resident Paul Jacobs told The Times of London.

"My immediate reaction was anger: How dare anyone take a photograph of my home without my consent? I ran outside to flag the car down and told the driver he was not only invading our privacy but also facilitating crime.

"This is an affluent area. We've already had three burglaries locally in the past six weeks. If our houses are plastered all over Google it's an invitation for more criminals to strike. I was determined to make a stand, so I called the police."

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Well, now your homes are plastered all over the CNN home page. Good job!

they can come and take photos of my appartment, they already have photos of my pool anyway.. lol

[iogames]

they can come and take photos of my appartment, they already have photos of my pool anyway.. lol

they have pools in Canada?!?!?

[hambil]

Originally Posted by iogames

they have pools in Canada?!?!?

He's French Canadian. They can have pools because their superiority warms the air enough.

[iogames]

Originally Posted by nexialys

they can come and take photos of my appartment, they already have photos of my pool anyway.. lol

Originally Posted by hambil

He's French Canadian. They can have pools because their superiority warns the air enough.

you meant 'hot hair'?

actually we're having an interior pool.,.... ya know, rich people have them in their appartments...

screenshot of how much pools you can see in our suburb...

[Paul M]

No laws were being broken, so I hope the police didnt waste time responding.