Google's eyes are watching you...

[draggar]

This month's Discover magazine has an article on Google, more specifically, Google Earth.

The first page shows a satellite picture of the Pentagon with a secondary title, "No Place To Hide".

The article is about how satellite, once reserved for military spy campaigns, are now commonly available to the general public and how anyone can have a picture of just about anything that is outside. One blogger caught an arial image of a US nuclear submarine in Bangor, Washington (they subtitle it with the fact that it is the first time the public has seen the propeller to a US nuclear submarine in over 30 years.

They also include how the vice president's house is "out of focus" (deliberate) plus how some people have regular updates on "villages at risk" in war torn areas like Darfur to bring awareness to what is going on.

It's an interesting article and I recommend it. Today, you cannot hide.

 

[mulligan]

I disagree .. you most certainly can 'hide' .. just depends on the ability of those searching for you!

 

[Seraphim]

My mother's house is now accessible through Google's Street View. You can see inside the windows, and actually identify specific furniture if you know what to look for. Google doesn't have an "opt out" feature for this, and the US government has a responsibility to step in and enforce one. Enough is enough with these guys.

 

[HomerJ]

My mother's house is now accessible through Google's Street View. You can see inside the windows, and actually identify specific furniture if you know what to look for. Google doesn't have an "opt out" feature for this, and the US government has a responsibility to step in and enforce one. Enough is enough with these guys.

Keyhole, the satellite imaging company that Google acquired in October 2004, was funded by the CIA.

"We are moving to a Google that knows more about you." — Google CEO Eric Schmidt, February 9, 2005

 

[draggar]

Keyhole, the satellite imaging company that Google acquired in October 2004, was funded by the CIA.

"We are moving to a Google that knows more about you." — Google CEO Eric Schmidt, February 9, 2005

Google is the new CIA? They track what we watch on YouTube, I'm sure they have a record of who searches for what, they can easily watch us from their offices.

I'm pretty sure Google tool bars are spy ware, just legalized...

So, when do we think the say will be that law enforcement will use Google as a witness and I don't mean by searching the web for evidence, I mean actually using Google and their records, on a regular basis? I think we'll see a major case that involves this within a year.

The prosecution points to Google earth where you see the defendant leaving the scene of a crime with evidence on him.

This brings another question, is Google becoming Skynet or the foundation of the Borg?

 

[PRED]

This month's Discover magazine has an article on Google, more specifically, Google Earth.

The first page shows a satellite picture of the Pentagon with a secondary title, "No Place To Hide".

The article is about how satellite, once reserved for military spy campaigns, are now commonly available to the general public and how anyone can have a picture of just about anything that is outside. One blogger caught an arial image of a US nuclear submarine in Bangor, Washington (they subtitle it with the fact that it is the first time the public has seen the propeller to a US nuclear submarine in over 30 years.

They also include how the vice president's house is "out of focus" (deliberate) plus how some people have regular updates on "villages at risk" in war torn areas like Darfur to bring awareness to what is going on.

It's an interesting article and I recommend it. Today, you cannot hide.

got a link bud?
cheers k:

 

[draggar]

got a link bud?
cheers k:

Hmm, mydesk.home.com?

It is a physical magazine article but I'm sure they'll post it on their site (is it discovermagazine.com?) in the next month or so.

 

[PRED]

Hmm, mydesk.home.com?

It is a physical magazine article but I'm sure they'll post it on their site (is it discovermagazine.com?) in the next month or so.

LOL
ok :blush:

 

[Area52]

My mother's house is now accessible through Google's Street View. You can see inside the windows, and actually identify specific furniture if you know what to look for. Google doesn't have an "opt out" feature for this, and the US government has a responsibility to step in and enforce one. Enough is enough with these guys.

The problem is that federal and local governments do not respect privacy. For example, Congressional action in regards to homeland security (which I think is unconstitutional) and it's affect on the enforcement of Amendment Four to the U.S. Constitution. Another example is the U.S government's prohibition of privacy/proxy services in contact information when registering dot us domains. In fact, I understand that ICANN would probably phase out public display of that info if not for U.S. objections. On the local level, if you own real estate, your private information is considered public and probably available online through your apprasail district, even to viewers outside of the country.
Of course, this has been debated for years, but where specifically, is a U.S. citizen's right to privacy, declared or guaranteed?