Google spies on its users & was the 1st search engine to give top ranking to anti-Semitic websites for the search word Jew. Now they are listing "Palestine" as a country & direct users in the settlement blocs near Jerusalem to Google Palestine. There are many other better search engines that have been around for longer than Google (which stores your search info.) such as Yahoo. I hope Waze doesn't make them even more powerful by selling out to them.

which countries actually exist, and which are merely politically-driven fantasies.

We already face the inherent danger of morons texting while they are driving. Adding a service such as Waze to Facebook would just increase the chances of someone updating statuses or FB messaging while driving. Thank you but, no thank you! Waze is a brilliant tool, let them stay private or operate as a unique service but not FB!