Sure, but what is the parallel here? The paparazzi make a living from those photos, so there is a reason for them to be out there doing that(not saying I agree

Sure, but what is the parallel here? The paparazzi make a living from those photos, so there is a reason for them to be out there doing that(not saying I agree, just saying there's a reason for it). What is Google doing driving around collecting personal data for? Google is a search engine with several great products around it. WTF are they driving around collecting data for? See? It doesn't make any sense, this is plain creepy.