How to Hide Your House From Google Maps | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10873474 United States 10/30/2013 01:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
calidruid
(OP) User ID: 41238644 United States 10/30/2013 01:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ummm, if strangers wanted to see your house could they not just drive by? Could they not just take their own photos? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10873474 Are you serious? You do understand the concept of Google Maps yeah? And the implications that having your residence, business, vehicles, and in some cases, pictures of people as a public listing/reference for anyone to see at anytime on this medium? "Big waves are nature's way of flipping out" - Corky Carroll, surfer dude “This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at her savage whiskers, and her claws and her turned-up tail.” ~Beatrix Potter |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10873474 United States 10/30/2013 01:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ummm, if strangers wanted to see your house could they not just drive by? Could they not just take their own photos? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10873474 Are you serious? You do understand the concept of Google Maps yeah? And the implications that having your residence, business, vehicles, and in some cases, pictures of people as a public listing/reference for anyone to see at anytime on this medium? Yeah, I do understand Google maps. I use it everyday at work, for work purposes. But this does not prevent anyone with a demented mind or alterior motives who would be interested in you to just drive by and have a looksy for themselves. Your house is in the public domain, therefore, there is no "privacy" from the public domain. Even when you purchase your house, it's posted in the local classifieds under public records, with you listed as the buyer, even how much you paid for it. Don't believe me look it up. |
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calidruid
(OP) User ID: 41238644 United States 10/30/2013 01:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ummm, if strangers wanted to see your house could they not just drive by? Could they not just take their own photos? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10873474 Are you serious? You do understand the concept of Google Maps yeah? And the implications that having your residence, business, vehicles, and in some cases, pictures of people as a public listing/reference for anyone to see at anytime on this medium? Yeah, I do understand Google maps. I use it everyday at work, for work purposes. But this does not prevent anyone with a demented mind or alterior motives who would be interested in you to just drive by and have a looksy for themselves. Your house is in the public domain, therefore, there is no "privacy" from the public domain. Even when you purchase your house, it's posted in the local classifieds under public records, with you listed as the buyer, even how much you paid for it. Don't believe me look it up. I realize this as well. Your list for and selling price is public info after you sell your property. Title companies are required to make public this info. Nothing new here! I am not going to split hairs with you here. Either blurring out your info on Google Maps is important to you or not. Take it or leave it. The info on how to do it is listed in the article, and made avail. to you and everyone. "Big waves are nature's way of flipping out" - Corky Carroll, surfer dude “This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at her savage whiskers, and her claws and her turned-up tail.” ~Beatrix Potter |
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User ID: 36421936 United States 10/30/2013 02:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good info. It won't erase it from google's database or keep the governemnt out, but it will keep common criminals from casing your house through the internet. "God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, & always, well informed... If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty... Let them take arms... What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. " - Thomas Jefferson in 1787 |
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User ID: 9178073 United States 11/03/2013 11:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | By way of blurring your home, car, and/or people. Save your privacy as much as possible in this "no privacy" land we live in!! Quoting: calidruid Clip: As it turns out, there is a way to prevent strangers from seeing your home online through Google Maps. Many Americans don’t realize it, but Google actually has vehicles driving around the United States taking what are called “street view” pictures. If your home can be seen from a public street, there’s a good chance it’s on Google Maps. How Google Maps Threatens Your Privacy If want to find out whether your home is on Google Maps, simply go to Google Maps and type in your address. When the map appears you might see a small stick figure on the left side of the screen. Drag that stick figure to your street, and your house – and others – will appear. (Note: If the street is not highlighted in blue on the map, then your house and street have not been photographed.) This can be a major problem for privacy because the Google picture can show strangers a great deal of your home and your life. When Fox and Friends contributor Kurt “the Cyber Guy” Knutsson went to Google Maps he discovered something bothersome — the inside of his garage and its contents, because he had left the garage door open the day the Google car drove down his road. That’s not all that Knutson saw on Google. Google had taken a picture of his cars. Source URL for the article: [link to www.offthegridnews.com] Saw one of these things riding down the interstate one day last summer.. |