{"id":802173,"date":"2021-09-22T12:29:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=802173"},"modified":"2021-09-22T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:29:31","slug":"how-to-blur-your-house-on-google-street-view-and-why-you-might-want-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-blur-your-house-on-google-street-view-and-why-you-might-want-to\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Blur Your House On Google Street View (And Why You Might Want To)"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-to-blur-your-house-on-google-street-view-and-why-you-might-want-to%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=802173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/google-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Google&nbsp;Street View gets up close and personal with everyone and everything.<\/p>\n<p>A little too close for some. Vehicles with roof-mounted cameras drive everywhere, filming roads, buildings and houses. But that means that your house is online, and sometimes, that can lead to problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat window just so happens to peek into your home, as well,\u201d Mashable <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/how-to-blur-your-house-on-google-street-view\">reports<\/a>. \u201cWhat that peek reveals may be more than you\u2019ve bargained for \u2014 think views into bedroom windows, potential fodder for stalkers, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For instance, singer Billie Eilish\u2019s was hit by obsessed \u201cstalkers\u201d showing up at her home in Los Angeles, leaving her \u201ctraumatized,\u201d The Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/831502\/google-blurs-billie-eilish-house-stalker\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She was \u201cgranted a restraining order last week against a man who allegedly showed up at the property seven times and refused to leave, according to court documents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Grammy Award winner&nbsp;is believed to have requested Google to obscure it on&nbsp;their 3D mapping service, which allows internet users to view street-level photographs,\u201d wrote the U.K. paper. \u201cBillie joins a host of stars who have had their homes wiped from the search engine, including Sir Paul McCartney, Lily Allen and Jimmy Page, amid fears over stalkers and the possibility of being burglarized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And if Billie can do it, so can you. The entire process, says Mashable, \u201cis surprisingly easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you do, according to the Privacy Please section of the website:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"3.9\">\n<p>1. Go to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Maps<\/a>&nbsp;and enter your home address<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>2. Enter into Street View mode by dragging the small yellow human-shaped icon, found in the bottom-right corner of the screen, onto the map in front of your house<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p>3. With your house in view, click \u201cReport a problem\u201d in the bottom-right corner of the screen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p>4. Center the red box on your home, and select \u201cMy home\u201d in the \u201cRequest blurring\u201d field<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Sun reported that Google will not completely removal of an image, but anyone can ask for a picture to be blurred to protect their anonymity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A spokesman told The Sun: \u201cIf a person sees that their face or license plate requires additional blurring, or if they would like us to blur their entire house, car, or body, they can submit a request using the \u2018Report a problem\u2019 tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe have developed cutting-edge face and license plate blurring technology that is designed to blur identifiable faces and license plates within Google-contributed imagery in Street View,\u201d the spokesman said. \u201c<\/span><span class=\"s1\">To ensure the effectiveness of our measures to validate public requests for blurring, we do not publish details.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 2008, the entire town of North Oaks, Minnesota, threatened to take legal action against Google for trespassing. While you can still zoom in on houses in the community, northeast of Minneapolis, Google has deactivated the Street View function.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2009, the lobbying organization Privacy International filed a formal complaint to the UK\u2019s Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) alleging that Google failed to properly de-identify the people it captured,\u201d Mashable reported, citing a BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/technology\/7959362.stm\">report<\/a>&nbsp;at the time noted, that type of failure could have serious repercussions.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google\u00a0Street View gets up close and personal with everyone and everything.A little too close for some. Vehicles with roof-mounted cameras drive everywhere, filming roads, buildings and houses. 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