Google suffered a huge setback when an appeals court said the company will have to fight a huge privacy case over its Street View technology. The 22 people suing Google say it violated the Wiretap Act by tapping into data from private Wi-Fi networks to create street views.
Google tried to get the suit thrown out, but a judge and now a federal appeals court have rejected its argument that the Wi-Fi communications were "readily accessible to the general public," The New York Times reported.
While Google says its Street View technology collects public information, some of the images it has captured are downright creepy. Here are some of the more disturbing ones:
WARNING - Images might be upsetting to some people.
A Donkey That Looked Like The Street View Car Killed It
The map's link appeared on Reddit from user nelop about 8 months ago. The Internet immediately responded: the Google street car killed a donkey somewhere in Botswana.
If you visit the coordinates, the donkey looks upright and totally fine at first. But scroll past him and turn around — donkey down.
Google later set the record straight by explaining the world saw the images backwards. The donkey started on the ground, rubbing itself in the dirt, and as the street car drove by, righted itself.
