18 Jun 2012
Posted by Media MRS.
Be careful what you do in the “privacy” of your home because with Google and Apple’s new 3D maps technology, cameras will be able to see through windows and record images of objects as small as four inches!
We’re not making this up…
Sen. Charles Schumer is warning the public that the two companies could cause an “unprecedented invasion of privacy” with their new 3D map applications.
The two companies are racing to each create more and more powerful map software, and the result has been camera technology that’s strong enough to see sunbathers in their backyards, said Schumer.
Both companies are reportedly using military-grade spy planes in order to create aerial maps that are much more detailed than those already out there, such as Google Earth.
The planes can even see through windows and record images of objects as small as four inches, according to Schumer.
In a letter to Apple and Google, Schumer asked the competing companies to provide notification to communities being mapped, to allow property owners to opt out and to automatically blur photos of individuals.
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Google, which plans to have its new 3D maps available by the end of this year, did not respond to a request for comment. Apple also could not be reached.
We are so behind Sen. Schumer on this! How will you handle a high-tech peeping Tom?? But then again, who’s to say they aren’t already watching us?!
