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you can request your house to be blurred from Google Street View (support.google.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Anonymouse@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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You should know that you can request your home be blurred from Google Street View.

[If] you prefer your home, vehicle or full body not be shown, you can request it to be blurred. Only the home owner or tenant is eligible to request a house blur.

the blur is permanent. We also ensure that the newly blurred Street View image is excluded from generative AI prompting from that point onward, honouring your privacy choice.

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[โ€“] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I used to have a tiny amount of fun coming across a blurred house on Google Maps, then jumping over to Bing to see it unblurred. They were always just regular old houses. But then Microsoft shut down the Bing street view.

What I'm saying is that Google Maps isn't the only source of street imagery. In the US, your city's property record system is probably available online, and probably has a photo. And also the footprint of your house, and the value, and the sale records, and what type of heating system you use, and...

[โ€“] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's about as much privacy as shutting the blinds. Maybe less. It's not much, but it's not nothing. I was hoping others would share links to the other street view services' blur request form.