Why is it ok to put images of people and their private property online which requires them to be aware the image is there and then to opt out rather than offering people the chance to opt in instead?

When you look across all the online property they own does it not disconcert you a like to know that Google may know more about you and your life than your friends or family (or the government)? Shouldn’t control of our personal data rest with each individual, not with a stranger whose motives may not be in keeping with our wishes as to how we want that data used?

While, yes, this is paranoid – giving up tiny little pieces of our rights here and there may seem like nothing on their own – but together they add up to a great big whole and once they’re gone they could well be gone for good.

The problem with the “report a concern” privacy protections” is that you usually don’t recognize the threat until AFTER something happens. Like the guy in Oregon whose address showed up on a sex-offender website. The thugs who showed up to kick some ass didn’t realize that the sex offender had moved out a new guy had moved in. I doubt the guy sat in the hospital in traction and thought “man, I really should have checked that sex offender site before renting the house.”