There’s a piece in this week’s Newsweek interviewing Adam Rifkin, the filmmaker behind “Look”, a film shot entirely through security cameras based off the fact that according to him the average American is caught on tape about 200 times a day – almost always without realizing it. This immediately made me think of Google’s Street View project, which has raised major concerns from privacy experts since it rolled out in the United States earlier this year. Now it appears Google may change its policy on the program and begin to blur out faces and license plates.

This stems from Google’s upcoming launch of Street View in Europe and Canada in which those areas’ laws require Google ensure no faces are recognizable in the service. When I first saw the United States version I was quite surprised that they didn’t have to do that here – the clarity with which you could see some people and especially license plates was shocking. But after reading about us being caught on tape over 200 times a day, maybe it’s really not that surprising.

If you really want to be scared, just check out sites like this one, that highlight Street View sightings supposedly ranging from potential drug deals to people leaving HIV clinics. It’s time to go anonymous Google.