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Chuck Schumer Tells Apple and Google To "Curb Your Spy Planes"

Posted by timothy on from the moral-panic-from-his-high-horseness dept.

mk1004 writes with news from The Register that U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York has written to Apple and Google regarding their use of 'military-grade spy planes.' The Senator claims concerns ranging from voyeurism to terrorism. Suggested protections: Warn when areas are going to be imaged, give property owners the right to opt out, and blurring of individuals. Schumer seems happy enough, though, with the more detailed versions of such surveillance being in the hands of law enforcement agencies, and phrases his complaint to emphasize what he perceives as risks to infrastructure brought about by detailed maps that anyone can browse: "[I]f highly detailed images become available, criminals could create more complete schematic maps of the power and water grids in the United States. With the vast amount of infrastructure across the country, it would be impossible to secure every location."

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  1. It is no coincidence by Cornwallis · · Score: 3, Funny

    that "WTSHTF" is often referred to as "When the Schumer Hits the Fan".

    1. Re:It is no coincidence by durrr · · Score: 5, Funny

      Warning people before is a terrible idea. I don't like the prospect of seeing people spreading their buttcheeks to the sky on every single map that's availible.

  2. Whats Up Chuck? by RapidEye · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what is Chuck doing in his back yard that he doesn't want everyone to see, hmmm????

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    1. Re:Whats Up Chuck? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Chuck Schumer has never come out and explicitly said he is not a dog fucker, he must be hiding something, why hasn't NY Rep Peter King had an inquest and congressional meeting about this?

    2. Re:Whats Up Chuck? by Nimey · · Score: 4, Funny

      All we're asking for is a simple yes or no: did Chuck Schumer fuck a dog to death in 1990? We're just /asking questions/. Why can't the senator put this to rest?

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  3. Re:fear everything! by GungaDan · · Score: 3, Funny

    *Areola photography.

    FTFY.

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  4. 4inches by I+Read+Good · · Score: 4, Funny

    FTA: "...Google and Apple have upgraded their capabilities to aircraft-based photography that can see through windows and capture detailed images with four-inch resolution."

    Four-inch resolution? I guess I don't have anything to worry about!

  5. MOD PARENT -1, OVERRATED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    shut up you fucking nerd.
    you're not funny by being the cynical sarcastic type

    and as if it wasn't enough the first time you said it, you continued to repeat the gag.

    i guess your signature says everything about your sense of humor. lame and predictable.