Cow's face blurred for privacy by Google Maps
A cow's identity has been masked on Google Maps. (Twitter)
Google Maps has gone to overzealous lengths to protect the identity of a bovine at a farm in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
An eagle-eyed editor for The Guardian discovered the mystery cow on Google's navigation app earlier this week.
He then shared the screen-shot of the image on social media, sparking a flurry of a-moosing responses.
An overactive automated system was responsible for the obscured image, a Google spokesperson told NPR.
"We thought you were pulling the udder one when we herd the moos, but it's clear that our automatic face-blurring technology has been a little overzealous,” Google’s official statement said.
"Of course, we don't begrudge this cow milking its five minutes of fame."
Image blurring is permanent according to Google’s privacy policy.
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