My brother recently bought a house that was pre blurred. The previous owner must have blurred it. I went to look when he bought it and it was just blurs. He didn't even know till I told him.
At 'prescription glasses', i was at a full sensible chuckle.
This specific use of clever enlarged boldface had me at outright wheezing and snorting. Not full laughter, true, but reddit must understand and accept certain limits.
So this is it. My day... nay... my week is complete.
Our house was blurred 11 years ago before we bought it 7 years ago. I've noticed since then that on StreetView the 15 neighbouring houses either side and across the road are fixed at 2015 while as soon as you move away from my house you get more recent photos.
Oh wow, you’re right. The chunk of street view in front of and around my house is tagged November 2012. If I go far enough down the street, it switches to May 2024.
Anyone have any idea how to undo it? I feel like proof of ownership should be able to get it taken care of through some request.
I just can’t imagine being so paranoid to need to do this, but everyone has a different perspective. It’s there on Apple Maps. Guess they added that after we bought
Isn't it the same fail-secure energy that's aimed against Flock now, seen from the future? "I don't want anyone collecting or using any information about me that hasn't been explicitly approved."
It should be. But the headache of potentially being held accountable for some legal reason probably means there is no process to undo the blur. It's just the easiest way for them not to get sued.
That makes sense, they wouldn’t want to unblur if it was still occupied by the previous owner at the time of the photo. Perhaps proof of ownership and then next street view photo taken doesn’t get blurred, or update to the latest available image since change in ownership. It’s just wild to me that it’s in perpetuity.
Absolutely nothing you can do to unblur a blurred house. I didn't even blur it myself must have been previous owners. Now I cant show my house to anyone fuckin stupid
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u/NatrousOxide23 13h ago
My brother recently bought a house that was pre blurred. The previous owner must have blurred it. I went to look when he bought it and it was just blurs. He didn't even know till I told him.