Now, spy planes

IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/06/2012

Privacy concerns are mounting as Apple and Google race to create the best 3D mapping services. Both companies are allegedly using “military-grade spy planes” that are equipped with filming technology capable of “imaging objects as small as 4 inches." Google (already criticized for its Street View mapping project) said the pictures taken by the aerial cameras are “not blurred currently” as these images are “not sharp enough for it to be a concern,” while Apple has said it creates optimized pictures taken from multiple shots, and removes moving objects such as cars and people from the final image. (Reuters)

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