Comments on: Report: JFK terror plotters used Google Earth

N.Y. court complaint claims that one of the four suspects recommended that they use Google Earth as a source for aerial photographs.

[phillynets]

Did they communicate with Yahoo, MSN or GMAIL?

What about the Yellow Pages? Did they obtain sensitive information with Superpages.com? Terrorists need to eat too. Maybe they bought their batteries from Radio Shack?

Was the local pizza place in their Five? Let's blame them too...

If they didn't use Google Earth I am sure AAA would have helped them find JFK - NY Traffic can be a little undaunting for some.

[csven]

Vile.

But it's a good thing we've outlawed that camera technology stuff. Imagine being able to buy a small box, push a button, and record images onto photosensitive material which can be processed and printed to create images showing public locations. Truly vile.

[LarryLo]

Quickly Shut DOWN the Tubes!!

Lest more people use Google earth for this sort of evil deeds...and Who knows what they will do with Google Street view!

Run while you can!

;)

[robbtuck]

Seriously....

All these cool services and tools are nice and handy, and by themselves aren't doing anything bad, but taken as a whole they're making things a lot easier for people to do extensive research and planning anonymously. In the big picture, where should the balance be between free information and security?

[Dalkorian]

consider this

Without free information you have no security, only more
dangerous criminals because they are suddenly running the
government.

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little
security will deserve neither and lose both."
- Benjamin Franklin

[Madinat]

old school

better get rid of ALL those maps! with the crackdown on technology, the terrorists will resort to doing things the old fashioned way at the library! God save us all!!!

[johnrover]

be very afraid

"I bet they used pencils, gasoline, and tape, too -- let's all be scared of that stuff, while we're at it."

?Xeni Jardin on boing boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/05/google_street_view_a.html