India Forms Expert Group on Google Earth Images

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday December 25, 2005 @06:02AM 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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Security Through Obscurity by affliction · 2005-12-25 06:08 · Score: 5, Funny

When will they realize that just because it's blurred out in the picture, doesn't mean the building disappeared?
"This just in" by i41Overlord · 2005-12-25 06:09 · 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.