London, June 21 (ANI): U.S. officials have warned Google and Apple of privacy concerns as the tech giants have deployed military grade 'spy planes' over cities to gather data for their 3D map services.
Staffers for Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, met with Google executives, and have planned to meet with Apple on Friday, to discuss privacy issues related to the camera-equipped planes.
Schumer said he wanted to make sure the companies 'understand the significance of our concerns over the potential publication of images captured in people's backyards and other private settings.'
The lawmaker, in a letter to the firms, raised concerns over Apple's and Google's reported 'digital mapping plans that use military-grade spy planes with enough precision to see through windows, catch detailed images of private backyard activities, and record images as small as four inches,' The Daily Mail reports.
Google and Apple each unveiled new 3D mapping services this month at separate events.
The maps let users navigate around an aerial view of a city that appears much more realistic than the flat, top-down satellite-based images currently available. (ANI)
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