Terrorists may use Google Earth, but fear is no reason to ban it

It regularly comes as a surprise to people that our own infrastructure can be used against us

there are fear-induced calls to ban, disrupt or control that infrastructure.

the Mumbai attacks, the terrorists used images from Google Earth to help learn their way around.

An Indian court has been asked to ban Google Earth entirely.

This isn't the only way our information technology helps terrorists. Last year, a US army intelligence report worried that terrorists could plan their attacks using Twitter,

Terrorists may train on Second Life and World of Warcraft

Of course, all of this is exacerbated by open-wireless access

Mobile phone networks help terrorists

London, to propose turning off mobile phone coverage in the event of a terrorist attack.

Let's all stop and take a deep breath.

almost always a bad trade-off to deny society the benefits of a communications technology just because the bad guys might use it too

we only harm ourselves