Yeah, but if Homeland Security decides we need to just leave it on and record everybody everywhere, well, if you're not doing anything wrong, what have you got to hide?It could also raise privacy concerns, but Google is doing its best to avoid a backlash by requiring each user to manually turn on the tracking software and making it easy to turn off or limit access to the service.
Google also is promising not to retain any information about its users' movements. Only the last location picked up by the tracking service will be stored on Google's computers, Lee said. [More]
Any doubts how many of the cud-chewers would go right along with this? Still, it could also be used to provide an alibi...
But it'll be a moot point anyway, as soon as we all get those Tommy Thompson implants.
[Via Tom Z]