Google maps with Street View is a shopping list for criminals

Previously when planning a heist, criminals would have to walk or drive around, looking for an escape vehicle to steal. This way they would get registered on whatever security cameras, in residents' eyes and memories, or they would even get onto the police radar, and could be apprehended before the crime was committed.

But with the advent of Google Street View all they need to do is drag the little yellow image onto the street, and keep clicking white chevrons, until they found the perfect escape vehicle. They now have all the information they need at their fingertips: how to get in and out, where is the vehicle parked, they can even guess whether the neighbors work, retired, etc.

Good job, Google! Facilitating car thefts since 2007, and counting, with impunity!

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