Is Google Earth Going Too Far?

December 22, 2008 | Atlanta, Georgia | Vetting explained

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I, personally, love Google Earth. It is just so cool! First, I enter a destination into my control panel. Then I hit a button and LIFT OFF! ( WOW, the chair I've been sitting on must have had a hidden launch pad underneath it!) Suddenly I'm flying around the planet like I'm an astronaut at warp speed, then like a bird, I swoop back down to Earth while things are flying past me at such fantastic speed, and then softly I land at my destination point only seconds later. Of course, I have no hidden agenda when I take my google journeys, so everything I experience is just for the fun of it, unless I'm needing directions to something. But, has Google gone too far with their street views? Apparently, Japan thinks so. Is it a privacy infringement to go as far as being able to view a location from street level? I have mixed feelings. So, what about video cams? I enjoyed seeing my relatives in Times Square when they were there one time. This technology definitely makes the world smaller, but how small is too small? To read the full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081219/od_nm/us_japan_google_odd_1

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