A friend sent me this but I am not looking.'Logging on to the Internet to take a peek in any street around the world. It sounds like a wonderful and perfectly harmless idea, but AD reports that the addition of a number of Dutch cities to Google's Street View database has added a whole new dimension to the project. "Google's street photos are the terror of the red light district", it announces, adding, "the new web service has sparked a digital hunt for naked flesh and cheap thrills". The hunt is not entirely spontaneous. Maverick website Geen Stijl - which loosely translates as "No Taste" - appealed to its loyal followers to set about spotting naked bodies, suspicious goings-on and stray celebrities. Though the faces of people caught on the photos have been blurred, the eagle-eyed web browsers still managed to identify a local TV presenter outside his front door. And within hours of the launch "the first bare breasts have already been discovered." Along with a host of photos of prostitutes and their customers and even a possible drugs deal. Welcome to the Netherlands: Street View may never be quite the same again... ''
Graham Weeks ● 6403d