Back in August I was sitting around somewhere scrolling through social media when a headline caught my attention.
Google Maps Street View helps Peruvian man discover wifeβs affair
This was interesting on two fronts:
On the one side the click-bait nature of the title drew me in, thinking maybe this could be fodder for one of my creative writing stories.
Google is involved in discovering an affair? Ha. π
I’m sure we’re all familiar with Google Maps and have all been on Street View. I know I have. Before our trip to Switzerland last year, I looked at how my home town changed over the past 30 years using this exact app. And, just a few weeks ago, my Australian friend showed me her house and street she lives on using that app.
Nifty.
But also scary. I’m sure we’re all familiar with Big Brother (from the book 1984 by George Orwell, not the stupid reality tv show).
On the other side, I have a personal experience with the Google car that drives around with the big camera on top of its roof.
There was at one time a picture of my spouse walking around the neighbourhood on Street View. (It’s not there anymore.) He had just dropped a book at the local library branch and was walking home when the camera-equipped car passed him.
I told him about it and we looked at it. They took the picture from behind him, so his face wasn’t visible, but you could tell it was him by his posture, his clothes, that sort of thing.
Weird…
But back to the Peruvian thing.
Seems there was a man who was looking at the capital city Lima on Street View when he saw what looked like a woman dressed in the same clothes his wife was wearing.
They typically blur out the faces and license plates on Street View, but the man did not need her facial features to recognize his wife by her attire.
There she was, in plain view, canoodling with some dude who had his head on her lap on a park bench. π²
Seems the husband confronted his wife later who admitted to her infidelity and they divorced.
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Hey, I know! We can all go around wearing these mask thingys on our faces so we cannot be recognized!
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Meh, he didn’t need to see her face to recognize her… πΆ
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They are watching, WOW!
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Yep. πΆπ
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Given the number of images Google have captured, I suppose it’s inevitable that something like this would happen somewhere.
On a side note, our house isn’t on Google street view. The layout of our street is so weird (and the streets are so narrow) that (presumably) Google couldn’t get one of their cars close enough π
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Ha!
I noticed the path to school from my apartment in Switzerland is not on Street View either. A few places remain secret it seem. π
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Some of us are Googleproof π
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For the longest time my neighbour was on google street view. She was carrying a bag of poop that she had scooped after walking one of the dogs she was sitting. I wouldn’t have known what she was carrying, but she seemed to want to announce it to me. Life is funny.
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Ha ha!
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What are the chances!
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Right? I wonder what he was looking for…π
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I was looking at google maps one time, the street view and saw a picture of my daughter in front of her house taking out the garbage can. I was happy to see her, but it shows we really do not have any privacy anymore. I loved reading your post today. Thank you and sending you lots of love.
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Nothing is private anymore. I’m basically resigned.
Thank you for reading. π
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Iβm so glad you wrote this post! How funny your husband got pictured!
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They update it every few years so the picture is long gone. π
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Omg thatβs my favorite story today
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Love this so much!
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google mapz
and gps
just
do not go to
downtown midvale
no grid there!
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Man….if you’re going to canoodle with somebody you aren’t married to, at least do so in a non-public place! That’s Adultery 101, kids.
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We have to be careful with El Google! Ay!
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How word…
Moral to the story? Duck when you see the Google maps car!
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How word? Damn spell check!!!
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I get it all the time…
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How word the Duck?
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Yes.
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