Google Blurring Sensitive Map Information

Cyphoid writes "While viewing my school (the University of Massachusetts Lowell) with Google Maps, I noticed that a select portion of the campus was pixelated: the operational nuclear research facility on campus. Curious, I attempted to view the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It too was pixelated. What or who is compelling Google to smudge out these images selectively? Will all satellite images of facilities that the government deems 'sensitive' soon be subject to censoring?" Not surprisingly, the same areas are blurred in Google Earth. But how about images from satellites operated by other nations, such as SPOT or Sovinformsputnik?

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Take the guided tour

[Joebert]

Hey Ahmed, we're going on vacation !

Re:Simcurity

[nwbvt]

So in other words, your argument is putting your hands over your ears and screaming "LALALALAICANTHEARYOULALA!"

Well, this is /., so I guess I can't expect much better from armchair policy 'experts' who think they know more than the people who really are in charge of things like nuclear power plant security...