Terrorists using google earth for attacks
Two years after former president APJ Abdul Kalam warned of the security risks posed by Google Earth, reports emerged on Friday of Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip using the controversial internet site to launch rocket attacks on Israel.
A failed attack on oil facilities in Yemen in September last year was also reportedly planned with the use of Google Earth, which provides detailed satellite maps of the world, the Daily Telegraph reported, without quoting sources.
The newspaper revealed in January that Iraqi insurgents were using Google Earth to attack British bases in Basra, prompting the company to replace images of military positions in the southern Iraqi province with others taken before the war.
Kalam warned of the dangers from Google Earth as early as 2005 when he said its high-resolution images could further compromise the security of some developing countries that were already a target of terrorism.
Google Earth and the Indian Government were later reported to have struck an agreement to show “fuzzy, low resolution pictures and distorted building plans” of installations that the government considered sensitive.
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