Ron Hunter wrote:
> Anonymous wrote:
> > Ron Hunter wrote:
> >
> >> GoogleEarth, and similar facilities are a serious security concern, both
> >> to the governments of the world, and to many individuals who feel they
> >> have reached a state of the art that seriously compromises personal, and
> >> national safety.
> >
> > Utter nonsense. What security experts call "security theaters". Great
> > movie plot material (and obviously derived from over exposure to the
> > same), but useless in any practical context outside the entertainment
> > industry.
> >
> > If a Google Earth aerial photo needs to be "scrubbed" then there's a
> > huge vulnerability that allowed it to be taken in the first place. Real
> > terrorists will sooner exploit that than rely on horribly dated intel.
> > Consequently, the only people who will actually learn anything from
> > Google Earth are people who aren't a threat anyway, and it won't be
> > useful in any practical way. But it sure will allow the mind to wander.
> >
>
> Believe that if you want to, but I am glad YOU aren't in charge of
> security for the country.
Why? Do you feel safer having the people who actually are in charge of
it placate the irrational fears you have as a result of your lacking
education, with useless goblin hunts?
I'll bet $20 you think restrictions of liquids in carry on luggage make
you safer too, don't you? Never mind the fact that not a single entity
on the planet has been able to successfully manufacture an explosive
out of liquids in any and environment or time frame that could remotely
be equated with an actual flight or anything, just bob that fuzzy head
of yours up and down, let loose your bleating approval, and convince
yourself you're "safer" because your handlers say you are.
And all the while sheeple, people are smuggling explosives, guns,
knives, and all manner shape and for of contraband through US air
terminals **every single day**. That's the net result of your precious
security theater sonny... nothing but the false sense of security most
such horrid misapplications of resources produce.
If you think terrorists get intel from Google Earth you're an imbecile.
It's both too dated in most cases and too easily manipulated. The image
of some raghead clicking pas his Matrix screen saver and pulling up
real time images of Washington might make for a dandy opening chapter
in some Tom Clancy novel, but in real life those sorts of folk know
better, and get their intel from more reliable and useful sources.
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