Google Knows Where I Live
Last night I was using Google Maps to get directions and noticed a new feature, a camera icon located next to each of the steps on Google Maps. When I clicked on the icon I saw a picture of my house!
That’s my house, the blue one on the right. That’s my gold Toyota Highlander parked in the driveway. I can tell you even more, they took this picture the last two weeks of October 2007. How do I know? Those globs in the window they are Halloween Pumpkin decorations my wife and the kids put up. What … we are Columbo and Monk fans, I notice things like that
So how does Google know it’s me? After a few Google map searches from my IP where I specify my starting location as my house address, it’s not unreasonable to assume that’s where I live. If the New York Times […]
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