Comments on: A private letter to Google http://adrianmonck.com/2008/06/a-private-letter-to-google/ a blog about news and stuff Thu, 10 May 2012 16:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Colin http://adrianmonck.com/2008/06/a-private-letter-to-google/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Colin Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:21:00 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1008#comment-769 Haha, touché! Haha, touché!

]]> By: Adrian Monck http://adrianmonck.com/2008/06/a-private-letter-to-google/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Adrian Monck Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:39:26 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1008#comment-768 I agree, but parenthood is just the manifestation of my paranoia. I agree, but parenthood is just the manifestation of my paranoia.

]]> By: Colin http://adrianmonck.com/2008/06/a-private-letter-to-google/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Colin Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:33:36 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1008#comment-767 I mean no disrespect, but even with real-time satellite images, your fears of child abductors will still be barmy. For one, child abductions are surprisingly rare, and for another, are usually precipitated, not by random google mappings of your property, but communication with your child online. Now I'm not a father, so maybe this is harder than it sounds, but it seems your best defense has never been hiding your kid away in the woods, but rather to talk with them and ask them what they're doing online and in their life. Again, probably a lot harder than I know, but still. None of this is to say you shouldn't be paranoid about real-time satellite images of your house, just that child abductions will probably not see a precipitous rise as a result. I mean no disrespect, but even with real-time satellite images, your fears of child abductors will still be barmy. For one, child abductions are surprisingly rare, and for another, are usually precipitated, not by random google mappings of your property, but communication with your child online.

Now I’m not a father, so maybe this is harder than it sounds, but it seems your best defense has never been hiding your kid away in the woods, but rather to talk with them and ask them what they’re doing online and in their life. Again, probably a lot harder than I know, but still.

None of this is to say you shouldn’t be paranoid about real-time satellite images of your house, just that child abductions will probably not see a precipitous rise as a result.

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