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Israel: Google Street View Will Be “Good For Tourism & Image”
Matt McGee, Israel: Google Street View Will Be “Good For Tourism & Image”, Search Engine Land, Mar 6, 2011 If all goes according to plan, Google’s Street View service should be driving through select cities in Israel soon and the photos could be online later this year. It’ll be Street View’s first move into the […]
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Commentary Magazine: Israel Moves to Limit Google Street View Risks
Source: Omri Ceren, Israel Moves to Limit Google Street View Risks, Commentary Magazine, 27/2/2011 My friend Dr. Andre Oboler has an exhaustive article up on the Jerusalem Post site about the potential risks and benefits of Google Street View coming to Israel. The service, as most people know, allows you to take “virtual tours” up […]
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Google Street View Runs Into Controversies in Switzerland and Israel
Source: Patrick Morgan, Google Street View Runs Into Controversies in Switzerland and Israel, Discover Magazine, February 24th, 2011 Last year, Google raised the ire of many when it confessed that its city-mapping Street View vehicles unintentionally gathered unencrypted Wi-Fi data as they rolled past people’s abodes. To fix its image and to fend off lawsuits, […]
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Israel, is Street View security-conscious?
Source: Raffaella Gargiulo, Israele, Street View attenta alla sicurezza?, PuntoInformatico, 23 Feb 2011 (in Italian, below) A government task force is debating whether to allow Google to introduce it’s street view photo-mapping application in Israel. The availability of this data could assist in the planning of terrorist attacks. Rome – The mapping service Google is […]
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Some in Israel warn against Google Street View
Source: Jessica Guynn, Some in Israel warn against Google Street View, Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2011 The government decides to work with Google to bring Street View to Israel in the coming months, but some cabinet members worry that the street-level photographs will help terrorists plan attacks. Reporting from San Francisco — Google’s popular […]
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Google Street View Entering Israel, Despite Security Concerns
Source: Alison Diana, Google Street View Entering Israel, Despite Security Concerns, InformationWeek, February 22, 2011 Some fear that terrorists could use information in the mapping service to carry out attacks, while others believe it could enhance the nation’s tourism industry. Google has long-battled concerns that its Street View offering infringes on individual privacy, but the […]
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In Israel Google Street View needs serious thought
Source: Andre Oboler, In Israel Google Street View needs serious thought, Jerusalem Post Blogs, Feb 20, 2011 Google would like to launch Street View in Israel. The web based application adds an extra level of depth to Google Maps. People can zoom in and see what the street actually looks like to passersby. Google uses […]
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Andre Oboler’s article, “Possibility of policing the internet?” in the Australian Jewish News
Andre Oboler, Possibility of policing the internet?, The Australian Jewish News, March 12 2010, p10 The Community, needs to have a debate about the feasibility of policing the internet. Over the past few weeks, the internet, and specifically social networking site Facebook, has been taking some knocks. Commentary has come from all levels of politics. […]
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ZOA Praises Google For Removing False Anti-Israel Propaganda From Google Earth’s Map Of Israel, Zionist Organization of America
ZOA Praises Google For Removing False Anti-Israel Propaganda From Google Earth’s Map Of Israel, Jewish News Today, August 25, 2008. This was a copy of the press release issued by the ZOA. The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) applauds Google Inc. (Google) for rectifying several problems that the ZOA raised with Google’s leadership, regarding Google […]