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How Does Google Get Pictures of Your Front Yard?

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    FBN's Shibani Joshi weighs in on Apple and Google’s mapping systems and privacy controls.

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Yeah a little more tech talk markets now as apple and Google are taking a break.

In the war 3-D mapping and it's because officials from both of those companies.

Are right now in Washington answered questions about your privacy which -- Bonnie Joshi should talk more about from the -- -- Shibani.

-- had -- -- most of us are very familiar with Google -- -- newly released -- mapping program -- are you aware of just how these companies get those.

Granular images of your front yard even your backyard.

-- senator Chuck Schumer a -- maker is have some insight here an air raising some concerns over how both apple and Google.

They're mapping technologies.

Used digital mapping plans -- military grade spy planes yes military grade spy planes.

With enough rescission -- -- your windows cast detailed images of private backyard activities in record images.

As small as four inches on his whole mapping contact -- multi billion dollar business.

As we -- the worldwide developers conference apple is dropping Google and it's mapping program from its iphones as well as its I pads.

Because it's such a big business.

Senator Chuck Schumer and his officials met with Google.

Yesterday they will meet with apple later on this week that we -- -- -- Both of them contends that any personally identifiable information is so blurred out -- you can't use it.

But I think just -- congressional leaders -- -- -- double check and make sure are just trusting these companies as we know is not good enough in today's age.

Let's take a look.