There could be even more privacy issues than "they can see my cat." For example, the link provided here shows a car sitting in a driveway, and you can read the car's license plate clearly. I don't know exactly what you could do with that information, but there it is.

Interesting discussion in regard to the new Google Maps feature... Did their van capture any information someone might not want known? What is the next step for this?

Boing Boing: Google Maps is spying on my cat, says freaked out BB reader