The author, John Hanke, raised VC investment from the CIA as CEO of Keyhole [1] before their acquisition by Google in 2004. At Google, Hanke ran the Geo divis

The author, John Hanke, raised VC investment from the CIA as CEO of Keyhole [1] before their acquisition by Google in 2004. At Google, Hanke ran the Geo division while street-view cars were illegally collecting Wi-Fi data en masse [2]. Yet we're supposed to believe that he will build a metaverse that's NOT dystopian? [1] http://web.archive.org/web/20030801175255/http://www.keyhole.com/press_releases/20030625.html http://web.archive.org/web/20030801175255/http://www.keyhole... [2] https://theintercept.com/2016/08/09/privacy-scandal-haunts-pokemon-gos-ceo/ https://theintercept.com/2016/08/09/privacy-scandal-haunts-p...