Google Earth Controversy: Search Engine Blames Satellite Companies

Google seems to be hesitant to blur sensitive images which have security implications. It has put the blame on satellite companies instead. Andrew McLaughlin, Head of Global Public Policy at Google Inc, told The Economic Times: “We take security concerns seriously but obscuring images will not help. We have never degraded image quality…The images available on Google Earth are also available for purchase from various satellite companies in market. The government needs to deal with this issue at the level of satellite companies because they are selling images to us…mapping services etc are available commercially…sometimes free of cost and sometimes for a price. If images damage security then they need to talk to satellite companies. Blurring needs to be done by satellite companies…targeting Google Earth will not fix the problem.

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