Angry Villagers

Some people in Broughton in Buckinghamshire, incensed at Google Street View's invasions of privacy, blocked a photographer's car when he was driving around the village taking pictures. Presumably they are not satisfied by Google's offer to take down photographs on request.

And surely there is something a little back to front about this attitude to privacy. At the end of the day my privacy is just as violated by an offending picture if I'm unaware of it - Google's policy seems to imply that 'privacy' is a subjective matter, which does no harm as long as the person in question knows nothing about it.