THIS WEEK IN PRIVACY

Google, who have an army of camera-laden cars photographing every street in the US, announced that it will begin to blur the faces of bystanders who are accidentally photographed.  

And not a moment to soon. Gawker has a roundup of strange things caught on camera by the Google Mapmakers, the latest being a young woman who reacted very quickly when she saw the Google Maps car coming down the street.

Private investigator Anthony Pellicano was convicted on charges of wiretapping the telephones of Hollywood celebrities on behalf of other celebrities, while Congress moved closer to exonerating telecom companies for their role in wiretapping the telephones of everyone else in America. 

The Foo Fighters’ rider agreement was leaked to smokinggun.com, revealing that they don’t like meaty soups, which make roadies fart.