There are a host of reasons to worry about Google's ability to scoop up and correlate facts about its users. But I have to admit that I never thought of the one exposed at Google Maps is Evil.
Recent Bluessky Posts- Problem is there's a point at which money has power means marginal utility goes up again. And there's another point further along where people do anticipatory acts for you in hopes of a reward, so you don't even have to spend as long as you have a big pile. Utility isn't just stuff and services. May 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Further proof of the impoverished state of the modern British university. May 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- This story is so gently bonkers that it's worth registering to read. (Duckduckgo lets you create pseudonymous emails BTW.) May 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Murder on the high seas. Remember that there is no legal basis for these attacks, that the United States has the ability to interdict and board the ships if it wished. These are war crimes under international law and murder under US law. Illegal orders too. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... May 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- That can't be legal. Does the DoJ still have an IG? May 29, 2026 Michael Froomkin
I’m no longer playing Flash content from random sources on the internet.
Could you summarize the “Google threat”, please?
Does it work at the White House and/or the Pentagon?
Don’t be silly, Joe. The Pentagon uses Google Earth for that function.
I just finished reading “Snow Crash” so I got a kick out of the video.
My house in Palo Alto was one of the first to be on “street view”. The two big palms are gone now so they don’t update.
I told friends that in several years it would be impossible to be nude in the backyard without impacting your life. Also that you would have to clean up the mess back there, keep the grass mowed, front and back, and keep the blinds drawn at all times.
There will be a business opportunity like that of the folks who sweep you office, phone lines and computer for “bugs”. If Google is doing this now just think about what NSA and those other 3 letter agencies have been doing in the past and are doing now. We face a very interesting future.