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.

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schiffern 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The guy gives me unhinged stalker vibes whenever he does an interview.

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b3lvedere 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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 :)

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NewJazz 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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...

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everdrive 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

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frollogaston 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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

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ascorbic 15 hours ago | parent [-]

So does Street View

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frollogaston 15 hours ago | parent [-]

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.

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newspaper1 15 hours ago | parent [-]

> Oh, turns out you can't blur the satellite images.

You can if you're Israel:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/google-blurring-satellite...

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