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On top of that Keyhole will face challenges from other governments worldwide who will not want to have the American government or its allies looking into their country at will. The American and many other nations' governments will also have something to say in regard to maintaining national security.
There is a saying that information is power, and Google is positioning itself to be the information authority on the information superhighway. When things move along at the speed of such highways there are invariably tragic accidents. Google, in its rush to be part of as many aspects of peoples' lives as it can be, may be headed for disaster with this latest ability to slip into people's backyards.
Thinking about this, I believe that Eric Schmidt (Google's CEO) should have seen the legal battles on the horizon if he were doing his job properly. This begs the question of whether he is the CEO...or just a puppet for the boys to get past their IPO.
Google acquired Keyhole on October 27th and by November 20th it was displayed prominently on their front page, displacing the desktop search appliance they had just released in beta and which has been in development for some time. Brin and Page seem to have bought themselves a new toy and rushed off to play with it and show everyone how fantastic it is, but did they stop to look into the future and see possible ramifications? I feel they haven't; fortunately, I am not a stock analyst.
Google made a smart decision in buying this company, but was the decision to make the technology available to everyone a very smart move or will it come back to bite them in the rear? Only time will tell, but from where I sit Google on my PC when I want it is good; Google in my backyard uninvited is not.
On a side note, I like the Keyhole application tremendously, but I do not like it to the point where I want some hell bent radicals with chips on their shoulders and PCs that can now zoom to anywhere in the world, to be able to plan how to wreak havoc without leaving the comforts of their caves.
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