While this technology is great for emergencies it does raise personal security concerns:

Google on Saturday quickly activated an online person finder tool to allow relatives and friends to find loved ones following the huge earthquake in Chile.

The Person Finder: Chile Earthquake from the California-based Internet giant is located at Chilepersonfinder.appspot.com and offers users the choice of using it in English and Spanish.

It asks users What is your situation? and gives them the choice between I am looking for someone and I have information about someone.

Users can then search records by name or input information about someone.

Original post by fjr@nevercoldcall.com (Frank Rumbauskas)