Noted consumer technology alarmist Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), is turning his intense scrutiny back on Google and Apple, this time over the two companies’ competing plans to provide the most accurate 3D aerial maps of major metropolitan areas.On Monday, Schumer posted on his website an open letter addressed to Google CEO Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook raising his “concerns” over the level of detail that Google and Apple’s new mapping products could attain of people’s property on the ground. Specifically, Schumer cited “reports” indicating that the companies were each using “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,” to create the maps.
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