Ethical Issues
Google Earth has been criticized by a number of special interest groups, including national officials, as being an invasion of privacy and even posing a threat to national security. The typical argument is that the software provides information about military or other critical installations that could be used by terrorists. The following is a selection of such concerns:
In October 2007, The Guardian reported that the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades were using Google Earth to plan Qassam rocket attacks on Israel. (Chassay, C. 2007)
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