Google, you've crossed the line

I just heard last night about Google's new Latitude program that can pinpoint where a person is through their cell phone (assuming the phone is with them).

Okay, I see the benefits. It could really be helpful to the police or FBI or whatever when they're trying to track down a criminal or a missing person. It could even be helpful to parents who think their kid is lying bloody in a ravine somewhere when they're actually just breaking curfew.

But seriously, these benefits only apply to a small percentage of the population. Why can't access be limited to just law enforcement? Why does everyone need to have access to this?

I hate leaving my cell turned off. Hubby calls me unexpectedly, and I really don't want to miss his calls. But if people will be able to track me down and know exactly where I am at all times, isn't that an invasion of privacy? What if I'm at a routine doctor's appointment, and someone sees that I'm in the hospital? I'll get calls asking if I'm okay, what I was doing there, why I was there for so long.... There's a reason why I like my privacy. What if I'm at home, but I don't want to answer my house or cell phone? Then what if that caller tracks me down and sees that I'm at home and I'm just avoiding the calls? Ugh. The frustration. I guess I could always say that I left my cell at home and was out, but I'm not really good at lying.

Google Earth was enough. We could see almost every place in the US, but it wasn't like we were spying on anyone. This feels like spying. This feels like I have nowhere to be alone, unless I want to turn my phone off. Which I don't, because it's my only connection to my Hubby right now, and I don't want to risk missing a call.

And, is it just me and my bad memory, or isn't this all very Charlie's Angels?? You know, the one with Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz and Lucy Lui, and how they try to stop a evil plotter from accessing this exact kind of software??

And, that brings up another thought. Does this mean that the President, VP, Secretary of State, Congress, House of Reps, all celebrities, all musicians, etc will have to turn off their phones? I would think this would be the worst idea for them! Can you imagine terrorists being able to pinpoint exactly where the President is just based on his cell phone?

Hello????? Am I alone on this??? Does anyone else think this is a terrible, horrible idea???