More Google Earth as a harbinger of decay

The Register has a mostly humorous but somewhat serious look at how Google Earth is giving anyone access to view places that would have been unthinkable 50 years ago. I find the comments made by the Indian officials to be somewhat comforting. I love access to information – especially geographically significant information. It’s possible that tools like this could be used in terrorist attacks, but I think it’s unlikely that removing access to them will hinder them. And so much more can be done with that information. Still, you know people will continue to freak out the first time they see tools like Google Earth.