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India Forms Expert Group on Google Earth Images

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the put-it-in-a-shed dept.

Digital Inspiration writes "According to Yahoo News, the Indian Government, 'concerned over satellite images of its strategic installations being made available in the public domain by internet search engine Google, has decided to constitute an expert group to suggest ways to safeguard the country's interests.' Earlier, The President of India expressed concerns that terrorists could use Google Earth to plan assaults on the Indian parliament, the President's house and government offices in New Delhi, all of which show up clearly in Google Earth's photos. Google Earth has expressed its readiness to have discussions with the Government regarding the issue."

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  1. Security Through Obscurity by affliction · · Score: 5, Funny

    When will they realize that just because it's blurred out in the picture, doesn't mean the building disappeared?

    1. Re:Security Through Obscurity by Decaff · · Score: 4, Funny

      When will they realize that just because it's blurred out in the picture, doesn't mean the building disappeared?

      It just means someone was taking it away real fast.

  2. "This just in" by i41Overlord · · Score: 5, Funny

    After hearing concerns voiced by every government on Earth, Google has agreed to only show satellite images of the oceans. This is to prevent terrorists from using sensitive data revealed by the images.

  3. I have an idea by bitspotter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just have them write an "X-No-Archive:" header on their lawn, specifiying the dimensions not to include.

    Hey, it works for Google web search and Groups!