PLEASE DON’T STARE WHILE I’M EATING: Another shocking privacy violation  by Google: 

“Using NASA satellite data and Google Earth, a Purdue University researcher has reported finding evidence that North Korea has been logging in what is designated as a protected United Nations forest preserve.

Shao said Mount Paekdu – together with an adjacent biosphere in China – has the world’s highest plant biodiversity in a cool, temperate zone and is the habitat for many wildlife species, including the endangered Siberian tiger.

 NASA images didn’t have the resolution Shao needed to pinpoint what those changes were or how they were occurring, so he used Google Earth, which has a clear resolution down to 1 meter.