Journalists’ Addresses Posted In Revenge For Newspaper’s Google Map Of Gun Permit Owners

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61. That's exactly my point. It's not illegal, but it was stopped because it's unethical and does harm.

I can get your tag #. I can walk up and stand in front of your house on your street and take pictures of it. Nothing you can do about it. It's legal. I can even post those pics on the internet. Legal. But not the right thing to do. Not ethical (unless you give permission).

I find it hard to believe you were a reporter...in one sentence you are saying, basically, that you agree it would be unethical to publish public information (if Google were to "publish" by posting a pic of your tag # on the internet), and then you say it is ethical if YOU do it ("you" being defined as a reporter).

Unethical is unethical. Right is right. Wrong is wrong. It's all legal, no matter who does it. That's not the issue. It's just not right to make a criminal's job easy for him by pointing the way or to push the boundaries of invasion of privacy...even if it's not legally invasion of privacy.