do you own your house?

if you get a credit line, home equity loan, second mortgage, sell the house, etc… lends require photos to be taken, they always have. usually an appraiser takes the picture and puts it on his/her report. all that zaio is doing is updating a database that is “supposed” to cut down costs when your bank needs an appraisal done.

google, microsoft, that’s a different story.

but how about this, if you want a real eye opener, how about going to your county property appraiser website and typing in your home address? it will display your name, your address, your title transfer scan, a plat, aerial view (most are now hi-res), and in many cases, the front of your house.

at least the zaio photographer has no idea about who you are. they are just photographing the houses and an appraiser who manages the zone makes sure that the information is current (for example, public records often has misleading information or houses that burned down, etc).

so no, nobody is violating your privacy, unless you have 100% cash to purchase a home and don’t require a loan.

ceo

Google’s already doing their ’street view’ out here in our metro area (Silicon Valley), so if these guys want to do the same thing, and sell it to the city for police and fire to use, or the bank to make a loan, it seems like just more of the same…