Greeks make 'come back' as the true home of Democracy

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Google Street View banned from Greece

Greek authorities ban Google Street View camera cars over fears of becoming a 'Big Brother' society

Highlighting a growing fear among Greeks of the threat posed by "creeping" new technologies, Athens's data protection agency has prohibited vehicles manned by Google's Street View drivers from the country.

The all-powerful watchdog said the search engine would have to provide "additional information" and concrete guarantees that the service was not an invasion of personal privacy before expanding the programme to Greece...

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"We are not going to allow our country to become a Big Brother society," said one agency official, who asked not to be named.

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Echoing a widespread view, Yannis Papadopoulos, a Greek leftist who agreed with the watchdog's precautionary stance, said: "Privacy as a concept or even word may not exist in our language but all this snooping is simply Orwellian. We won't let it pass."

[DeadPoolX 9]

It's basically the same in Canada. Google Street View won't work here, which is a little annoying sometimes. I like GSV, but it's limited right now.

[fozzie 41]

The greeks are paranoid that the world is spying on them!! I remmeber a few years ago there wa a group of british plane spotters arrested and convicted on spying charges! Riddiculous! Then again so is plane spotting.

[Nagishkaw 510]

I thought the Greeks had this saying....do what you want to my sister, but leave my big brother alone.

[mawilson 2,133]

Echoing a widespread view, Yannis Papadopoulos, a Greek leftist who agreed with the watchdog's precautionary stance, said: "Privacy as a concept or even word may not exist in our language but all this snooping is simply Orwellian. We won't let it pass."

What's so Orwellian about it? Street View is a collection of photos, nothing more.

It's not like Google has cameras everywhere streaming live video in real time.

[scandal 951]

I thought the Greeks had this saying....do what you want to my sister, but leave my big brother alone.

Going Greek is gay

[Peikko 1,575]

They invented it, or was it the Romans?

It's the fault of the Toga, clearly.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Indeed, MC.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

They invented it, or was it the Romans?

It's the fault of the Toga, clearly.

No the Romans invented the Parliamentary system.

[Peikko 1,575]

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Now imagine that scene with everyone wearing trousers, so much more masculine.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Hmmmm, leaves nothing to the imagination.............

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I thought the Greeks had this saying....do what you want to my sister, but leave my big brother alone.

Going Greek is gay

The Greeks did invent gayness...it's an historical fact.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

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Now imagine that scene with everyone wearing trousers, so much more masculine.

His name starts with Gaius.

[Peikko 1,575]

Greeks, meh, what have they ever done for non gays?