View Poll Results: Do you Blur your Plates in Photos?
Yes, but only for national sites like forums. No worry on small sites.
1
1.35%
Yes. If it goes on the internet anywhere I blur it.
16
21.62%
No I don't blur them. I don't care. I find no problem with it.
57
77.03%
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License Plates Poll - Do You Blur Them?
4th Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,744
From: Indiana
I'm going to make this point just to play devil's advocate.
I was telling some guy about my father's old Cessna 421B Golden Eagle, and I told him the tail number.
He came back telling me my address. Creepy.
Not sure if you can access BMV databases on that like you can on the FAA, though
I was telling some guy about my father's old Cessna 421B Golden Eagle, and I told him the tail number.
He came back telling me my address. Creepy.
Not sure if you can access BMV databases on that like you can on the FAA, though
1st Gear Member
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 75
From: New Jersey
I just noticed the other day while looking for a new apartment that Google Maps Street View now blurs all the license plates and faces of people. There is a weird issue with blurring in weird places now though too.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 453
From: VA
Oh, trust me, I am well prepared to defend what I have. I'm prepared for the zombie apocalypse lol. 5 years ago I wouldn't have cared, but after the wife, kid, etc., it just seems trivial to potentially put them at risk over something as stupid as arguing with an idiot on the internet and having it escalate. The guy I was referring to in my 1st post had a "favor" done to obtain my friend's address. Not only did he mess up his car, but he tried to poison his dog with antifreeze and even followed him while he picked up his daughter from school. I won't get into details about what happened after that, but it all came out in court lol. It just seems better, to me, to at least attempt to prevent something like that. You don't even have to make anyone angry, it just takes a crazy person. I'm not paranoid but, in my opinion, the least the amount of personally identifiable information of mine that's on the internet the better.
4th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,597
From: Gallifrey
I was friends with a guy that had some sort of argument with someone over the internet. The guy used my friend's license plate number (found on some pics) and had a "friend" do him a "favor" - long story short, he got my friend's address and messed up his car pretty bad. I've been blurring out my plates ever since.
I can see doing this not really just for the amount of LE that are members of this site or others, but for some cases where you'd get some nut that would take exception to something said, done, or a simple personality clash. Then have some aquiantance that owes a favor with access to DMV records via whatever job they have, and then you have an insurance claim, possibly a long term one.
So I do get why many would wish to, even though my personal thought is many of those people might be overestimating their percieved importance.
Last edited by wayne613; Apr 15, 2012 at 10:42 AM.
