{"id":2438,"date":"2012-06-11T17:34:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2012-06-11T17:34:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:34:40","slug":"whats-special-about-this-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/whats-special-about-this-google\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Special About This, Google?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Street View near Perrysville, IN &#8212; except what you see below is looking up.<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea what that is, though apparently it&#8217;s near a farm on N County Rd 200 E.<\/p>\n<p>Some other blogger posted a more-zoomed-out version, though I have no clue why. I studied it and failed to find anything particularly outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>Except for this: <!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:425px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?client=safari&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=veedersburg+in&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Veedersburg,+Fountain,+Indiana&amp;gl=us&amp;t=m&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=40.060549,-87.432866&amp;panoid=Zg2KxRZ6tkQIhM1Jri4eGw&amp;cbp=13,160.69,,2,-46.47&amp;source=embed&amp;ll=40.054638,-87.43289&amp;spn=0.041189,0.066175&amp;z=14&amp;output=svembed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?client=safari&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=veedersburg+in&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Veedersburg,+Fountain,+Indiana&amp;gl=us&amp;t=m&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=40.060549,-87.432866&amp;panoid=Zg2KxRZ6tkQIhM1Jri4eGw&amp;cbp=13,160.69,,2,-46.47&amp;source=embed&amp;ll=40.054638,-87.43289&amp;spn=0.041189,0.066175&amp;z=14\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n<p>I also thought I saw something in a tree:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:425px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?client=safari&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=veedersburg+in&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Veedersburg,+Fountain,+Indiana&amp;gl=us&amp;t=m&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=40.060549,-87.432866&amp;panoid=Zg2KxRZ6tkQIhM1Jri4eGw&amp;cbp=13,131.51,,2,3.58&amp;source=embed&amp;ll=40.054638,-87.43289&amp;spn=0.041189,0.066175&amp;z=14&amp;output=svembed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?client=safari&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=veedersburg+in&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Veedersburg,+Fountain,+Indiana&amp;gl=us&amp;t=m&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=40.060549,-87.432866&amp;panoid=Zg2KxRZ6tkQIhM1Jri4eGw&amp;cbp=13,131.51,,2,3.58&amp;source=embed&amp;ll=40.054638,-87.43289&amp;spn=0.041189,0.066175&amp;z=14\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s just distortion. Yeah, that&#8217;s probably all it is.<\/p>\n<p>Ya think?<\/p>\n<p>But just in case it isn&#8217;t and just in case Google is up to no good, I&#8217;ve saved a screen capture of the above views. That way, if they catch on I&#8217;ve exposed them and decide to replace the above imagery, <i>I&#8217;ve got the goods on &#8217;em<\/i>! \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<p>PS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2008\/i-am-not-paranoid\/\" title=\"I am not paranoid\">I. Am. Not. Paranoid.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PS, Jr: Though I am not paranoid, the Brits might be: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk\/home\/2012\/06\/google-apples-fly-spy-race.html#.T9aKDVKyCwE\" title=\"a spy race between apple and google\">Google, Apple, Spies, Race<\/a>. And maybe Ms. Smith: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/community\/node\/80791\" title=\"Apple and Google Maps planning to plane us\">Spy Planes, Privacy, Mapping Apples, Google Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PS III: After you install black-out blinds on your windows and drape camo netting over your backyard and skylights, better <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/community\/blog\/study-finds-1-2-americans-are-clueless-about-webcam-hacking\" title=\"get a clue -- secure your webcam against hackers\">secure the webcam<\/a> &#8212; your <span class=\"graystrike\">neighbor<\/span> local hacker might be using it more than you.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Street View near Perrysville, IN &#8212; except what you see below is looking up. I have no idea what that is, though apparently it&#8217;s near a farm on N County Rd 200 E. Some other blogger posted a more-zoomed-out version, though I have no clue why. I studied it and failed to find anything &#8230; <a title=\"What&#8217;s Special About This, Google?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/whats-special-about-this-google\/\" aria-label=\"More on What&#8217;s Special About This, Google?\">Read more<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,20],"tags":[130,513,424],"class_list":["post-2438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-stuff","category-youve-been-warned","tag-google","tag-privacy","tag-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prJUJ-Dk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}