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I don't really understand how blurring out a house adds privacy. Looking around my neighborhood on Google street view I sometimes find houses that are blurred,

I don't really understand how blurring out a house adds privacy. Looking around my neighborhood on Google street view I sometimes find houses that are blurred, now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious. Because I am physically close I can just look at the house if I wanted to. Someone "special" lives there.

schiffern 20d ago
I'm confused. If he has nothing to hide he has nothing to fear, right? Seems like some Good Samaritan should set up a mobile pole camera (or twelve) outside his house 24/7. Rest easy, it's all being done for his own safety!
- jordanb 20d ago
  The guy gives me unhinged stalker vibes whenever he does an interview.
NewJazz 20d ago
now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious Mysterious? Yes. Suspicious? I wouldn't think that. Plenty of houses in my neighborhood are blurred. I don't think much about it. And yes, I can just walk over and look. But I'm their neighbor. Not someone megameters away...
frollogaston 20d ago
You only know what the front of the house looks like.
- ascorbic 20d ago
  So does Street View
  - frollogaston 20d ago
    Oh, turns out you can't blur the satellite images. Then yeah idk how this helps. Edit: Well maybe you aren't a target to begin with, but mass scanning can make you one. Like if you park some expensive car out front and someone far away checks all houses with expensive cars. It's a bit far-fetched, but there also aren't that many reasons not to blur your house unless the concern is they only target blurred houses.
    - newspaper1 20d ago
      > Oh, turns out you can't blur the satellite images. You can if you're Israel: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/google-blurring-satellite-imagery-israel https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/google-blurring-satellite...
      - frollogaston 20d ago
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b3lvedere 20d ago
It does enhance curiosity. As an experiment i once requested Google Street view to blur my previous home. It really stands out being the only blurred house in the entire area. And i can’t undo it either :)
everdrive 20d ago
"Hey, this house between 101 Main st. and 105 st. is blurred, how will we ever find it?"

schiffern 20d ago

I'm confused. If he has nothing to hide he has nothing to fear, right? Seems like some Good Samaritan should set up a mobile pole camera (or twelve) outside his house 24/7. Rest easy, it's all being done for his own safety!

jordanb 20d ago
The guy gives me unhinged stalker vibes whenever he does an interview.

NewJazz 20d ago

now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious Mysterious? Yes. Suspicious? I wouldn't think that. Plenty of houses in my neighborhood are blurred. I don't think much about it. And yes, I can just walk over and look. But I'm their neighbor. Not someone megameters away...

frollogaston 20d ago

You only know what the front of the house looks like.

ascorbic 20d ago
So does Street View
- frollogaston 20d ago
  Oh, turns out you can't blur the satellite images. Then yeah idk how this helps. Edit: Well maybe you aren't a target to begin with, but mass scanning can make you one. Like if you park some expensive car out front and someone far away checks all houses with expensive cars. It's a bit far-fetched, but there also aren't that many reasons not to blur your house unless the concern is they only target blurred houses.
  - newspaper1 20d ago
    > Oh, turns out you can't blur the satellite images. You can if you're Israel: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/google-blurring-satellite-imagery-israel https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/google-blurring-satellite...
    - frollogaston 20d ago
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b3lvedere 20d ago

It does enhance curiosity. As an experiment i once requested Google Street view to blur my previous home. It really stands out being the only blurred house in the entire area. And i can’t undo it either :)

everdrive 20d ago

"Hey, this house between 101 Main st. and 105 st. is blurred, how will we ever find it?"