Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth 294
waderoush writes "There's a persistent Web meme to the effect that Google obscures sensitive or top-secret locations in Google Maps and Google Earth at the insistence of national governments. A July IT Security article promoted on Digg, 'Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps,' revived this notion. But the article has been widely criticized, and I did some fact-checking this week on the six Boston-area locations mentioned in the IT Security list. As it turns out, not one of the allegedly blurred locations has degraded imagery in Google Maps, as my screen shots demonstrate. My post looks into the sources of the misleading IT Security piece, and of other mistaken rumors about Google Maps."
Right on time, the NSA pays off /. to debunk this. (Score:3, Funny)
Who should I believe? You, or my lying eyes?
Error establishing a database connection (Score:5, Funny)
Error establishing a database connection
They sure blurred him out fast.
Re:So what about the other 45 locations? (Score:5, Funny)
Did this guy really not look at these locations?
Maybe google knows his IP address.
Re:Digg? Inaccurate? (Score:5, Funny)
You mean it's like Slashdot, if the concussed monkeys took up drinking.
The Truth of it all is.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Rye Playland (Score:3, Funny)
Abandoned amusement parks are usually prime real estate for evil geniuses, their evil projects, and their hordes of henchmen. It wouldn't surprise me that certain amusement parks are pixelated given the secrecy involved in taking over the planet.
Re:Blurry, no; pixelated hell yes (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe that is because the USNO contains primary frequency standards, so any attempt to take accurate photographs would result in a violation of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
Re:Digg? Inaccurate? (Score:5, Funny)
You mean it's like Slashdot, if the concussed monkeys took up drinking.
Hey! I resemble that remark.
Re:Rye Playland (Score:5, Funny)
Finally, we know the undisclosed location Cheney is always going to!
I've always suspected it involved a handbasket.
Re:The Truth of it all is.... (Score:3, Funny)
<Parent removed due to violation of a National Security Letter>
I think something's wrong with my browser... (Score:4, Funny)
I wonder... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Blurry, no; pixelated hell yes (Score:5, Funny)
Well... i guarantee that the percentage of aircraft with "No Hijacking" signs on them that don't get highjacked would have a significant number of 9's in it, so it obviously works and works well, provided you measure the outcomes correctly.
Re:Digg? Inaccurate? (Score:2, Funny)
I like conversing with non-concussed monkeys, thank you very much.
*flings some poo*
Re:Digg? Inaccurate? (Score:2, Funny)
You mean it's like Slashdot, if the concussed monkeys took up drinking.
Ook?
Re:Blurry, no; pixelated hell yes (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cite a source... (Score:5, Funny)
russians have many low altitudes geosynchronous satellites
Damn Reds and their lack of respect for physics!
Re:Must be new here. (Score:3, Funny)
...considering his uid is HALF that of yours...
He's getting senile.