I've asked Google whether this type of attack is possible, and what it plans to do to prevent it in the future, and I will update the article when I hear back. Google’s simulation-based map and world models determine the actuality and perception of physical spaces and the development of action models,' he writes. 'Maps, which themselves are the product of a combination of states of knowledge and states of power, have an inscribed power dispositive. In his post describing the experiment, Weckert touches (opens in a new tab) on the latter. But two aspects of the experiment are particularly troubling: First, the attack is extremely simple to perform, and second, it potentially (negatively) affects real-world infrastructure such as traffic. Here is what each color means: Green: No traffic delays.

It is reminiscent of a sybil attack (opens in a new tab), a well-known problem in computer science, in which an attacker creates a large number of fake identities to influence a network service. The colors on Google Maps indicate the speed of traffic flow. Weckert's experiment raises an interesting point. Google Earth now covers more than 98% of the world's real estate

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