[re Google Street View] The German reaction is, ‘Oh my God, how can they do that?’

--- John Emerson, US ambassador to Germany, quoted on the Christian Science Monitor, "Europe pivots between safety and privacy online", 18 January 2015

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“What’s the first thing an American says when [he or she] sees Google Street View?” he says on a recent day at the US Embassy next to the Brandenburg Gate. “An American will go, ‘Hey, there’s Billy in the front yard.’ The German reaction is, ‘Oh my God, how can they do that?’ ”