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“I Can See Your House from Here”
On Google Street View (and similar platforms), faces, license plates, and sometimes even house numbers are blurred to protect privacy. In this post, the author raises questions such as: Do you mind if your house is visible online? And how much control do you actually have over it? After all, “location privacy” concerns what can be revealed about you simply because someone knows where you live.

The article also explains how you can request that your property be blurred if you prefer it not to appear on Google Street View.

Πηγή: Spatial Reserves https://spatialreserves.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/location-privacy-update-on-blurring-of-images-in-ground-photographs/