OT: License Plate Blurring
05-04-2016, 05:40 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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OT: License Plate Blurring
Am wondering why some people blur their license plate when posting pics of their car in a public forum. Can a potential thief locate the address the car is registered at with a licence plate? 
05-04-2016, 05:49 PM
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Seems to come up often now. Good discussion here:
https://rennlist.com/forums/991/8959...se-plates.html
https://rennlist.com/forums/991/8959...se-plates.html
05-04-2016, 06:24 PM
#3
Racer
On a public road about a dozen will see your plate while you're going for your morning coffee run and not memorize your plates unless its personalized and it really stands out.
On a public internet forum, thousands (it if not more) will see your plates and are engraved in your pictures. There are nosey people all over open forums. Some people do it out of caution like myself.
On a public internet forum, thousands (it if not more) will see your plates and are engraved in your pictures. There are nosey people all over open forums. Some people do it out of caution like myself.
05-04-2016, 06:54 PM
#4
Three Wheelin'
I've never bothered. Don't care in the slightest and if someone wanted to be a sleuth about it and find out about me well I'm not a secret agent (or I'd have more hot chicks) so I don't care.
I would say people who are that concerned with concealing their identities are either secret agents or self important
I would say people who are that concerned with concealing their identities are either secret agents or self important
05-04-2016, 07:06 PM
#5
Rennlist Member
Some of us have had their identity stolen and take a few more precautions than others. I am not speaking to simple credit card theft (I think I am at about 10 times on that).
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05-04-2016, 09:18 PM
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The flip side argument is that lots of people post pictures and list mods they have done to the car. Talk about their track day experiences. Have you declared them all to your insurance company?
I used to be a biker in the UK, one magazine ran a track day (Performance Bikes track day at Cadwell Park) and ran an article of pictures from the day - including pictures of a bike that crashed.
That would have been fine but the insurance adjuster was reading the magazine at lunchtime and the plate seemed familiar....turns out he had the claim on his desk where the owner "accidentally" ran off the road a few miles away from the track.........
Oops!
I used to be a biker in the UK, one magazine ran a track day (Performance Bikes track day at Cadwell Park) and ran an article of pictures from the day - including pictures of a bike that crashed.
That would have been fine but the insurance adjuster was reading the magazine at lunchtime and the plate seemed familiar....turns out he had the claim on his desk where the owner "accidentally" ran off the road a few miles away from the track.........
Oops!
05-05-2016, 01:19 PM
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I was scared once when I googled my licence plate number and found a link to an automotive forum where I had s picture of the car. There is PC software than can find licence plate information from photos so after that issue I always blur the licence plate.
05-05-2016, 01:44 PM
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Nordschleife Master
well said, my thoughts exactly.
WOW.
On a public road about a dozen will see your plate while you're going for your morning coffee run and not memorize your plates unless its personalized and it really stands out.
On a public internet forum, thousands (it if not more) will see your plates and are engraved in your pictures. There are nosey people all over open forums. Some people do it out of caution like myself.
On a public internet forum, thousands (it if not more) will see your plates and are engraved in your pictures. There are nosey people all over open forums. Some people do it out of caution like myself.
WOW.
05-05-2016, 01:55 PM
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On a public road about a dozen will see your plate while you're going for your morning coffee run and not memorize your plates unless its personalized and it really stands out.
On a public internet forum, thousands (it if not more) will see your plates and are engraved in your pictures. There are nosey people all over open forums. Some people do it out of caution like myself.
On a public internet forum, thousands (it if not more) will see your plates and are engraved in your pictures. There are nosey people all over open forums. Some people do it out of caution like myself.
05-05-2016, 02:28 PM
#12
Three Wheelin'
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All good and fair points.
As a test, I walked into a MTO (DMV) office and asked for the address related to a license plate...they told me to bugger off.
As a test, I walked into a MTO (DMV) office and asked for the address related to a license plate...they told me to bugger off.
05-05-2016, 02:53 PM
#13
Three Wheelin'
I plan to photoshop other people's license plates on to my photos - those from other countries should be fun - blurry looks bad.
05-05-2016, 03:41 PM
#15
Drifting
Its not only about what one can do now, but might do in the future. This data lives forever, beyond our control, so I'm gonna restrict access to information you really don't need to know.