I think that Google is doing a good enough job of protecting our privacy, but them saying that they blocked all faces and license plates is a lie.
I've seen many of the faces and licenses where they haven't been fully blocked out, some of the faces i don't even have to see and i already know who they are because I recognize their body features, such as size, height, and build. As for the license plates some of them are still recognizable but its not painfully blatant.
I agree on what Google is doing because for example when I'm trying to find an address its easier for me to see which house it is and what the street looks like so I'm not going in the wrong direction, i can use the many objects on the street as landmarks to find my way through the area. I'm not sure how many people will actually prefer this to the map but I think it is a nice way to explore the city from the comfort of your computer. Well it has been a while since Google street view has been in service and I'm finding that its an awesome tool. I tried going to my friend's house and it helped that we had streetview because we knew what his house looked like and what the surrounding were like to. Definetely helped, but the only thing is that the streetview is sometimes a house or two off. But its still good because I have a general idea of what the neighbourhood looks like. Would have helped with streetview was more accurate because when i put in my own adderess it showed by neighbour's house instead of mine. But my house was right beside it. When looking at streetview i realized how long they have been working on it because when they took the picture of my house we didn't even renovate yet. Which was almost 2 years ago. But they did block out my dad's license plate which is a good thing but you can still sort of see the letters. Again, its not painfully blatant.
