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Apple, Google using "military-grade spy planes" to make new maps, says senator
- Ralith 14y agoThis is an interesting privacy question, and symptomatic of the larger issues that are facing us as technology continues to ease information-gathering. A hard moral, not to mention legal and technical, problem if there ever was one. > The letter requests that Apple and Google notify the communities they plan to map in advance and automatically blur the photos of individuals Doesn't Google already do the latter half of this?
- warmfuzzykitten 14y agoIs it outside the realm of possibility that Senator Schumer, Wall Street bagman, incorrigible publicity hound (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer), could just shut the fuck up? These companies are making maps, for heaven's sake, based on information gleaned from the air, which, as far as I know, is still freely available to everyone.