Privacy video

Slate has a new video posted that explores the dark side of privacy violations in Google Earth. It ends very darkly, but I don't know how much of that is a statement about privacy risks and privacy loss and how much is just a twisted perspective on modern life.

It is an artistic endeavor, so we overlook the geomatics shortcomings, but it is a tad unrealistic, since you can't find out when the photos were taken - this is a real sore spot with those of us in the GIScience community. Many students and semi-professional users of the photos assume that the year of copyright is also the year the photos were taken, but careful exploration will debunk that theory quickly.