Do you happen to enjoy the privacy of your backyard from time to time? Have you ever been worried that thieves may be watching your house, waiting to for you to leave? Have you ever been to a nude beach? Don’t answer that. I really don’t want to know that sort of thing about you, but perhaps Google does.

Among the many tech companies and start-ups gobbled up by Google this past year, this one in particular should be of immediate concern to privacy advocates everywhere on Earth. Google is now on course to purchase the satellite imaging company known as Skybox. For $500 million dollars, Google is hoping to add real time updates to Google Maps, as well as help develop their “Project Loon” which involves using drones to spread internet access across the globe.

Of course, this sort of technology will be of great interest to corporations everywhere. It’s one more tool in their data collection arsenal, so it’s no surprise that Google has taken an interest in this. Collecting and selling data is their bread and butter. For now though, this mapping technology will be used by companies to spy on each other:

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