, SecurityFocus 2003-12-17
Call it the case of the missing White House. Users of Mapquest's free aerial photo database recently noticed that details of several Washington D.C. government buildings were no longer discernable in overhead images of the U.S. capital.
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Secret Service airbrushes aerial photos
2003-12-22
Anonymous (3 replies)
Anonymous (3 replies)
Members of the public may have an unlikely UNFORESEEN major interest in having correct pictures. Strategic places may of course be protected against any unlikely unforeseen hazard, however, with pictures, this simple fact SHOULD BE MENTIONED or given some specific public consideration. Just like with the mentioning of copyright. Very easy. Simply balance both interest against each other, and there is a perfectly acceptable solution.
If there is a practice to obscure elements out of a any given picture, a citizen will have no way to decide or know wether this possible practice is justified. Hope and trust in the creative reason of the decision maker is what remains.
Talking about the creative qualities of the decision maker to obscure pictures...
Why just blur some pictures with a big dot? Why not replacing whole roofs and buildings with different images? Why not putting a commercial add there? Pays back for the extra time of work!!
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