Google Street View Looking Over Fences

[Reason]

Look closely at the picture and you can see the camera's red tip several feet high above the roof of the car

[Reason]

Japan's citizens actually care enough to stop them.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10240459-71.html

[RSLudlum]

Does anybody know how to 'opt out' of Google's street view?

[Elle]

Does anybody know how to 'opt out' of Google's street view?

In Japan, people are not fond of having even their clean laundry aired in public. And the protests became too great for Google to ignore. .....from the OP's link

Call and complain. Tell two friends to call and complain. Pay it forward so to speak.

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[akihabro]

In Japan, people are not fond of having even their clean laundry aired in public. And the protests became too great for Google to ignore.

Yes even in Japan some people still air dry their laundry. Dryers are very expensive as well as electricity rates.