Calif. Bill Would Blur Online Mapping Programs
This is something that I has been a "concern" of mine for quite a while.
> Assemblyman Joel Anderson, a Republican, crafted the bill
> after it was revealed that terrorists in Israel and Mumbai
> used popular mapping programs to help plot their attacks.
Not just terrorism, but privacy in general. You can get a satellite
picture of not just your own home, but somebody else's.
We have created a new form of virtual stalking.
Some of the mapping services do obscure or have outdated
photos of government sites. The last time I looked at
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. (the White House), the photo was
clearly at least 10 years old. I guess there's no point in
obscuring the White House as most anybody who wants
it can get photo/video data on it (just not up to date).
What is left unsaid in this article is that SOMEONE has the
unobscured photos. So while the "Internet cloud" may not
eventually get access to sensitive photos, Big Brother will still have it.
So much for privacy.
I have attached a JPG of two of my neighbors pools.
I have noticed that you rarely/barely see people in satellite photos.
I'm guessing there are higher resolution pictures available and automated
software that removes people before the lower resolution pictures are posted.
So much for fences.
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