The 28-year-old, identified only as D.M., took a photo of his speedometer showing 170 km (100 mph) on a back road in northern Croatia and then put it on the Web site of his local municipality.
Police found him three days later. —Hey! Who turned me in? (Reuters)
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Google sees privacy threat
To sum up the article, Google says government officials tapping into their company’s databases pose a bigger threat than mistaken publishing of information.
“‘The more interesting question is not an accidental error but something where a government, not just the U.S. government but maybe a non-U.S. government would try to get in (Google’s computer systems),’ Schmidt said.” (from Reuters, news.yahoo.com).
Just imagine having such a massive internet as we do now during the Cold War…