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There is a knee-jerk reaction that people have when they find out that
something that used to be hard is now easy because of a computer. Once
privacy is actually a constitutionally protected right, then there is a
legal aspect of this stuff to be concerned about.

All technology is a two-edged sword problem. Can "bad people" use this
Google feature to do "bad things". Yes. For them, we have a legal
system. Can decent people do "cool things" with this? Yes, absolutely!
(I was distressed to notice that the mapquest site no longer has the
aerial photo's.) 

Remember, a carpenter can use a hammer to build a house. A mugger can
use the same hammer to bash my head to steal my money. But I still want
hammers around. 
-- 
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