Tche Irene Morikang
24 April 2008
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The last couple of days have been the most exciting for some cyber fanatics in Yaounde. Reason: they've been able to glimpse what under normal circumstances their eyes could never have seen. And what could this be? Well, all what is hidden behind the huge fences of the nation's capital!
In effect, an Internet programme, which most Cameroonians are just discovering, has made it possible for users to stray their eyes into people's back yards. The programme provides satellite images of most inhabited regions of the earth and allows users to visually see things like houses and cars from a bird's eye view. With it, you can spy detailed images of any part of the world as if you were just hovering over the area. All you need is to point and zoom in on the part of the planet that you want to explore. Just anyplace!
The first consequence is that all the properties and residences hitherto concealed are now at the finger tips of Internet users. Embarrassing, not so? And what about privacy? Well, those with skeletons in their cupboards should be biting their lips in despair. The wind has blown and the anus of the chicken is in the open! But watch out! There is a glimmer of hope for those who do not want others to pry into their world. Apparently, a possibility for censorship exists. Else, how could we account for the absence of a majestic structure belonging to a foreign embassy in Yaounde on the satellite view of the town?
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