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muriel_volestrangler

(102,865 posts) Thu Sep 15, 2016, 05:04 PM Sep 2016

Google street view blurs cow's face in Cambridge

A cow which had its face blurred by Google street view has proved a hit on social media.

The animal was snapped by Google's cameras at Coe Fen, Cambridge, and seemingly given the same treatment humans receive for privacy reasons.

A tweet by The Guardian's David Shariatmadari highlighting the sight was retweeted more than 9,000 times.

Google admitted its face-blurring technology had been "a little overzealous".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-37378007

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Google street view blurs cow's face in Cambridge (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 OP

Moo shenmue Sep 2016 #1

Did you read to the end of the article? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #2

A few weeks ago, I went on a Streetview trip down the Enchanted Highway William Seger Sep 2016 #3

Perhaps google thought she was Camilla? Duppers Sep 2016 #4

shenmue

(38,538 posts)

1. Moo

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 05:10 PM

Sep 2016

muriel_volestrangler

(102,865 posts)

2. Did you read to the end of the article? (nt)

Reply to shenmue (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 05:21 PM

Sep 2016

William Seger

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3. A few weeks ago, I went on a Streetview trip down the Enchanted Highway

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 11:19 AM

Sep 2016

... in North Dakota, where one man has been creating giant steel sculptures. This is one of the first and most famous, The Tin Family:

Duppers

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4. Perhaps google thought she was Camilla?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 12:35 PM

Sep 2016

That was low, I know.

Article...
"spokesman for Google said: 'We thought you were pulling the udder one when we herd the moos, but it's clear that our automatic face-blurring technology has been a little overzealous.
'Of course, we don't begrudge this cow milking its five minutes of fame.'"

These from Twitter:
“Udderly ridiculous”
“Google teat view”

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