Forget The Police, Google Earth Is Here
The police has found a new ally in terms of surveillance technology: Google Earth.
The story is pretty amazing: in the state of Oregon, the authorities thought it would be a great idea to investigate a suspect using the popular Google App. And it really helped them. They thought a man could be growing more marijuana (for medical purposes, we must say) than it was permitted, and they were absolutely right.
Apparently, the man was bragging all around town about his weed crops being cultivated in his property and once they checked Google Earth, they caught sight of ”satellite images of rows and rows of plants”. They didn’t stop there, though. They went and verified the crofts with an aircraft and, after that, the DEA team arrested the gardener man and dealt with him.
As surprising it might seem, this isn’t the first time and probably not the last that law enforcement agencies use this methods in order to catch illegal activities. However, there’s an important detail that needs to be taken into account: images seen on Google Earth aren’t live so… how can we be sure that they’re not 3 years old, for example?
The story is pretty amazing: in the state of Oregon, the authorities thought it would be a great idea to investigate a suspect using the popular Google App. And it really helped them. They thought a man could be growing more marijuana (for medical purposes, we must say) than it was permitted, and they were absolutely right.
Apparently, the man was bragging all around town about his weed crops being cultivated in his property and once they checked Google Earth, they caught sight of ”satellite images of rows and rows of plants”. They didn’t stop there, though. They went and verified the crofts with an aircraft and, after that, the DEA team arrested the gardener man and dealt with him.
As surprising it might seem, this isn’t the first time and probably not the last that law enforcement agencies use this methods in order to catch illegal activities. However, there’s an important detail that needs to be taken into account: images seen on Google Earth aren’t live so… how can we be sure that they’re not 3 years old, for example?
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