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Blur Your House On Google (support.google.com)
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cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/9313

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/9311

In case you ever wanted to blur your house from google street view you can. A little privacy i suppose, its pretty easy. you dont need a reason to do it. This probaly the only thing google lets opt out of which is cool.

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[–] Vent@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This unironicly lowers property value. Buyers like scouting out new homes on street view.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It also supposedly makes you a bigger target for would-be burglars who scout google maps for targets. It makes your house stand out and makes them think you have something valuable to hide.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

100% the Streisand effect! Blurred homes attract way more attention.

The only time I heard someone justify blurring their home, it was "so that thieves don't know where my cameras are". But I'd think the opposite was true.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

unironicly (sp)

No one would have mistaken that for a jest.

[–] CubitOom 2 points 2 months ago

Its more like tragic Irony.

Tragic irony, a prominent literary device, involves a poignant disjunction between the audience’s awareness of critical information and the obliviousness of the characters within a narrative.

https://english-studies.net/tragic-irony-a-literary-device/