I’m sure you’ve read by now that Google complied with the Pentagon’s request to remove several street-view imagery from it’s database.
People are arguing a breech of freedom whilst others are arguing that this is a matter of national security. Google states that the street-view images are taken from public areas, meaning anyone can go to the same spot and take the same picture(s). Do you think Google should have fought back or did they make the right decision?
Comments: (3)
on Fri, Mar 07th, 2008 at 01:45 PM
I think google did the right thing.
I mean after all you have to think about the security of the base in question. Pictures like that would benefit bad guys and with the recent attempt on a New Jearsy Army Base I can see what the pentagon would want those images removed.
on Fri, Mar 07th, 2008 at 02:03 PM
didn’t they also blur out some street level feeds
on Fri, Mar 07th, 2008 at 04:21 PM
Actually after reading more on this, google wasn’t asked to remove pictures of a street level view in front of the base, but panaromic view inside the base.
Military never lets you take pictures inside of a base, I remember trying once and having my camera taken away and memory wiped, this was a few years ago.
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