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Why You Want to Blur Your Home in Google Maps Street View and How to Do It (cnet.com)
11 points by rmason 5 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Sure, someone could simply walk or drive by your home and scope out where you live, but Google Maps lets them do it easily -- from their couch. Anyone with a phone or computer can do it.

So someone(s) is already interested enough in you that they are going to be thwarted by "oh noes, it`s not on google"?

Seems like a weak invitation to the weak-minded to destroy a useful visual aid to a navigation tool.


>Seems like a weak invitation to the weak-minded to destroy a useful visual aid to a navigation tool.

How is seeing my yard and home a useful aid to a “navigation tool”? (Google streetview)

Seems like a weak argument to allow exploitation.

Consider being dropped from your insurance policy because the insurance company used a google image of your roof or structure.


Previously discussion on HN [0] (104 points, 4 years ago, 80 comments)

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24461779




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