I missed this when it made the press last week. It turns out that Google’s Street View had a privacy implication that made a bust for the Dutch police.
From Metro.co.uk:
Dutch police have arrested twin brothers on suspicion of robbery after their alleged victim spotted a picture of them following him on Google’s Street View map application, a spokesman said on Friday.
Paul Eidanus, a police spokesman in the town of Groningen, said he believed the case was the first time Street View images had been used in a Dutch criminal investigation.
‘For us, it is unique,’ he said.
Hmm, so will more criminals use masks? Um, no.
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