this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025
38 points (97.5% liked)

Privacy

35701 readers
656 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/9311

In case you ever wanted to blur your house from google street view you can. A little privacy i suppose, its pretty easy. you dont need a reason to do it. This probaly the only thing google lets opt out of which is cool.

Originally posted on Reddit

top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I looked up a house recently as part of a Craigslist transaction and noticed it was the only blurred one in the street. I checked its Zillow listing and saw way more than what you could see on Street View anyway and chuckled. When I got there I saw there was a Tesla parked on the driveway which probably explained why it was blurred in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks, but I'll pass. Currently, it's just a random house; but if I blurred it, it would stick out like a sore thumb and possibly attract attention.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 22 hours ago

Ikr, it's like begging for weirdos to fly a drone out to it and snap pics or vid..

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is; I would be mindful that one blurred house on a street of unblurred houses probably creates more intrigue to anyone casually looking at that street.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not to mention go one click either direction on street view and gasp you can see the house.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Or you can just go to Bing street view.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I find these "privacy" features very funny. Not strictly streets-related, but there are also apps like Google Earth, satellites.pro and such. I find it funny how one such service decides to blur out military complexes of some countries while another one does not and displays them clearly in the satellite photos.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

When you say, ‘I have nothing to hide,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care about this right.’

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

This isn't the point of this post at all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't say my take is that I am not doing this because I have nothing to hide.