{"id":1316,"date":"2011-06-05T17:07:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T17:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:22:00","slug":"google-earth-formal-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/google-earth-formal-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Earth – Formal Error"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Earth<\/strong> has a formal “benchmark” named “Point Sur” on top of a mountain some 3 miles North of the genuine Point Sur<\/strong>. I tried to notify them to correct it – but to communicate with them, Google Earth<\/strong> requires you to get a Gmail account – which I refuse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Google’s systematic megalo-privacy invasion mission directly violates their fictitious “Don’t be evil” motto.
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\nWow, I watched Google go from nothing, to a nice company providing helpful services and now to an Evil (I don’t use that word lightly or often) Corporate Monster<\/a> in just over 10 years.<\/p>\n

I recommend you avoid Google wherever possible.<\/p>\n

Full privacy search engines, with sometimes better results (not kidding) include Startpage.com<\/a>. Another was Scroogle<\/a> but Gaargle bullied them out of business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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