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Wanna have a detailed look onto Vienna from the Danube Tower?

TrueLook seems to be on of Europes most advanced webcam systems. Up to 5000 users can simultaneously pan and zoom the camera, save the pictures they take for other users or send them as postcards from vienna. A 300x digital zoom provides a sharp view, even on objectes a few hundred meters away.

Is the publication of pictures taken by this webcam, the publication of aerial or satellite imagery like Google does a violation of privacy?
Well, personally I wouldn’t feel very comfortable if pictures showing me taking a sun bath in my garden are spread over the internet or used by somebody to illustrate the search result of addresses. But firstly, the technology used by that services isn’t (still) accurate enough to show me in my bermudas and secondly, unfortunately I don’t own a garden .
Anyhow, violation of privacy is a serious concern about those services and the discussion will definitely go on.