The Kyiv Independent
by Dinara KhalilovaNovember 3, 2024
Locations of Ukrainian weapons systems were shown in recently updated images on Google’s free online map, Google Maps, Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation department at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, reported on Nov. 3.
After “a public reaction,” Google representatives contacted the Ukrainian side, and the company is already working on fixing the issue, Kovalenko said in a later update on social media.
The official previously complained that his department had been trying to reach the U.S.-based corporation Google to fix the problem quickly but did not receive an immediate response.
“In the future, we will also talk about how to solve any (similar) problems quickly,” Kovalenko added in the later post.
He also said that “the Russians are already actively sharing these pictures” without revealing any further details about the images’ content.
Thank you Google. Perhaps you are too big and need to be broken up.
Did Google also reveal the whereabouts of russian weapons systems on their maps?
WHAT DO YOU THINK???
I think yes, if any russian weapons systems were visible when the Maxar satellite passed overhead.
They’re continually updating the satellite images. I doubt that they have someone examining each frame to see if there’s something in it that should be secret.
You can go to Google maps, select Moscow, click on Layers to turn on the satellite imagery, then see how far you can zoom in and the amount of detail available.
Your comment is a bit telling, isn’t it?
How so?
I chose Moscow as an example in case anyone wanted to use it for targeting.
You chose to defend Google to begin with.
OK, you caught me. I own Google stock, and I was afraid that if word got out that they were taking satellite pictures, the stock price might go down.
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I knew it!
I’m not sure why this should be an issue. First, everyone knows that Google covers the earth with its Google Maps service. Second, their imagery does not really have a high enough resolution to be of much use, in particular for things that should be concealed in the first place. Third, the roach spy satellites certainly have better cameras.