Blur your home in Google Street View

Google Street View has photographed almost everything in Greece. But it can on of seeing something that doesn't make you happy. You can, if you want, ask Google to blur your house or whatever so that it's not recognizable.

Google Street View shows the same thing one would see if you were walking in front of your house, but it is accessible to anyone using them Google Maps. If you do not like something about it, you can ask your house, person, vehicle or license plate to be blurred.

If you are wondering why to go through this process the usual reasons are for privacy and that you may want in your home or other personal information. If someone is inspecting your home, they can very easily enter from Street View and locate what they are interested in, which are usually the following:

• Locating the entrances of buildings
• Determining the positions of security cameras, doors, etc.
• Search for good hiding places
• Search for holes or weak points in the fence
• Locating utility control points (energy, , natural gas)
• Locating the make, model and color of the vehicle of the owner or other residents
• Locate if there are padlocks, locks, guards, dogs, etc.
• Measure distances between points (using Google Earth) to determine how fast someone would need to run or drive from one point to another.

If you've been interested, look at the photos of your home in Street View and if you want to blur some points, see the steps for Google to remove the cleanliness of your property or other personal items from Street View. Note that blurring cannot be undone.

• Find your property or area on Google Maps by searching for your location.
• Open the Street View area to see if any of them should be blurred (house, vehicle, face or other recognition)
• In the photo you want to intervene, go to the bottom right and click on “Problem report"
• Fill in and submit the form

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Written by Dimitris

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