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A former neo-Facist, Gianni Alemanno, is the new mayor of Rome. He got the job promising to bulldoze homeless encampments, deport foreign criminals and install surveillance cameras, all in an effort to be tough of crime. So it isn't surprising to read reports that when Google's black Street View car, with its 360-degree camera mounted on top, came rolling down Viale Trastevere in Rome, citizens on the street immediately fled as though it were a horde of brick-wielding blackshirts chanting Me ne frego!
Italians mistake Google Street View car for prowling Gestapo
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3:00 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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one only hides when they know they've done things they should not have.
Google Street View car is different from prowling Gestapo? [citation needed]
I don't know about the laws in Italy, but the Opel that's been roaming the streets of the Paris area lately has surely been taking a ton of pictures that will very likely be taken offline in compliance with France's strict privacy laws.
"one only hides when they know they've done things they should not have."
B*llshit. Not where I'm from (philly). Here the cops with arrest you just for sh*ts and giggles... probably beat you down for good measure too. We here learn at a very young age to avoid cops like the plague.
Google Streetview needs to also sort out the prostitutes that it managed to snap up with it's 360 degree camera.
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