(Google Maps)
After the shocking discovery of the mascot for Google's mobile operating system, Android, urinating on the Apple logo on Google map, the technology giant said it was trying to remove the offensive image.
Users on Friday had discovered the image in Rawalpindi.
"We’re sorry for this inappropriate user-created content; we’re working to remove it quickly," Google's Mara Harris told the Washington Post.
Google Maps is dependent on a feature called Map Maker that helps users update it globally. This enables the company make use of local knowledge to stay updated with the ever-changing infrastructure.
These submissions are then thoroughly reviewed by other users and a team that moderates the same.
However, the offensive image had been added to a base terrain information, to which users do not have access.
It was not certain for how long had the images been up, while a spokesperson of the company said were are working to remove them.
"We also learn from these issues, and we’re constantly improving how we detect, prevent and handle bad edits," Harris said, adding that The vast majority of users who edit Google Maps provide "great contributions."
This was not the first time Google Maps had been used by pranksters as just last week, someone added a listing for "Edwards Snow Den" in the White House – apparently a reference to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, in the news for pulling the curtain back on government surveillance programs.
Moreover, one Massachusetts man tried to use Google Maps as part of his quest to get a local island named after the rapper Busta Rhymes for years.
It is not restricted to this fact but the openness of Google Maps have more serious consequences.
Furthermore, a security researcher namely Brian Seely was able to intercept and record calls which for designated for the FBI and Secret Service simply by changing the number listed for some office locations in the product, Valley Wag reported last year.
The story originally appeared in The Washington Post
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