Google has its newest map widget called Street View. Critics have claimed that it has questionable ethics. Street view is an option on Google Maps that gives you a view from street level of the address that you’re searching for. Before you can access the “Street View” , you have to go to Google Maps first, then, click Street View on the upper right corner (not all cities have it- try San Francisco or New York), and you can get a little icon shaped like a human that you can move around the city grid.
If you move the human into a certain place, click it, and then you will suddenly find yourself looking at a picture of the houses on the street. You can also navigate down the block with arrows, even turning your point of view left or right to get a full 360-dgree view of the spot.
I think street view is really unethical because people have a right to privacy. The images found on Street View were taken by camera mounted on a roving van some months ago and then later, “knitted” together creating an illusion that you’re seeing a current image of the streets. This means that a person’s privacy is invaded. Images captured secretly and broadcasted publicly. This kind of conduct seems in violation of human rights, even if privacy laws weren't written with Street View in mind.
The relevance of human rights in the new generation has often been offended by a highly evolved. Nowadays, some people use technology in a wrong way because of it` s seemingly super power capabilities.
We all know that almost everything in this world rely on technology and people benefit from its advancement, that is, if we used
it proper way, not unethical, always with decency, and consideration for every human being in this world.
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