All of the sudden I caught Pokemon GO fever! I'm suddenly very interested in this little app...

in #meme • 8 years ago

But I will not be installing it....

"One of the first big milestones in this transformation took place in November 2004 when Google acquired a tiny and little-known 3-D mapping startup called Keyhole Inc. Google paid an undisclosed sum for the company, immediately absorbed it, and began turning its tech into what we now know as Google Earth. The acquisition would have gone unnoticed, had it not been for one not-so-tiny detail: Keyhole Inc was part-owned by the CIA and the "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" (NGA), a sister agency to the NSA. Keyhole Inc also had one major client base: US military and intelligence agencies."
https://pando.com/2015/07/01/cia-foia-google-keyhole/

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     8 years ago  

    I'm not touching that zombie making spy game.

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     8 years ago  

    Love pokemon go ,make sure you watch your step while playing ,welcome home steemer

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     8 years ago  

    Another article mentioned this:

    Don't Be Evil

    The most obvious question is: What prompted the acquisition? Did Google buy Keyhole -- and take on all its military contracts and NatSec liabilities -- because it badly needed its 3D mapping technology? Or did Google see the acquisition as a convenient way of getting into the military contracting business? Was there any internal discussion in the company about the benefits and pitfalls of absorbing a startup so closely tied with the CIA and the Pentagon? - source

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