There's no need to travel anymore. Google Street View now covers the vast majority of the UK, meaning that I can now go online and "virtually snoop" on every house I've ever lived in. The current owners of my childhood home have really let the garden go to pot!
Edmonton Green, my first address in London, still looks hideously deprived. I had no idea about London then (obviously) so an hour exploring London on Google Street View could have saved me from a year spent in one of hell's more depressing suburbs.
Fortunately, Google has now saved me having to holiday too. Could the future of the age-old British tradition of driving to a beautiful spot to picnic next to the car now be in doubt? The Telegraph's helpful selection of "views of remote Britain taken by Google's Street View cameras" show how Google can provide a perfectly good alternative – saving on petrol and hobnobs.
Despite these marvelous benefits, a majority of people in the UK still have grave doubts about Google's "intrusion" into all of our private lives. Google's motto "Don't be evil" is beginning to sound a little hollow as the corporation seeks to extend its reach further and further into our lives. It may say that it’s trying to make life easier for the consumer, but, as it applies ever more sophisticated techniques to profile us and our consumption habits, the cost to our privacy and sense of autonomy is perhaps higher still. Those two Os in Google are looking more and more like snooping eyes.
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