Should Google Earth be contained?

Now it's the turn of the professional service like Google Earth. It has been learnt that lots of people throughout the world including India are becoming outspoken in their opposition to this very service. What is the reason behind these vitriolic or bitter criticisms? People are assuming that the best users of the Google Earth happen to be the ideologues and perpetrators of international Jihad and the latest specimen of these activities is the terror attack on Mumbai in the last month that killed almost 200 people and injured hundreds.

In the meantime a peititon has been made at the Bombay High Court stating that this wonder of technology or the Google Earth service "aids terrorists in plotting attacks." The lawyers acting on behalf of petitioners or suers want that the venerable court should direct Google to make the images of sensitive areas in the country indistinct until the case is decided.

The investigative agencies with regard to the Mumbai attack are busy in tracking the reasons of success of the terrorists. They, as a part of the invstigation, have come to the conclusion, that the assailants at Mumbai on November 26 and their trainers were technically literate to a high extent. It is becoming evident that they had utilized GPS systems to navigate their way to Mumbai by sea. What's more they communicated through satellite phones, applied the latest technologies by means of using mobile phones with several different SIM cards. It may be that they also kept tabs on the entire development with the help of handheld Blackberry web browsers.

More informaiton are coming out. The terrosrists were well-versed of the geography and traffic route of the city of Mumbai by the utilization of satellite images (the nabbed terrorist has revaled these already). The situation is indeed dangerous and for that reason people are thinking that something should be done at once. Well, this is the tip of the iceberg and more startling information are coming in.

What do you think? Should Google Earth be controlled?

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