I don't really understand how blurring out a house adds privacy. Looking around my neighborhood on Google street view I sometimes find houses that are blurred, now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious. Because I am physically close I can just look at the house if I wanted to. Someone "special" lives there.
I'm confused. If he has nothing to hide he has nothing to fear, right?
Seems like some Good Samaritan should set up a mobile pole camera (or twelve) outside his house 24/7. Rest easy, it's all being done for his own safety!
now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious
Mysterious? Yes. Suspicious? I wouldn't think that. Plenty of houses in my neighborhood are blurred. I don't think much about it. And yes, I can just walk over and look. But I'm their neighbor. Not someone megameters away...
Oh, turns out you can't blur the satellite images. Then yeah idk how this helps.
Edit: Guess if you park some expensive car out front and don't want someone far away scanning for all houses with expensive cars? Or potentially the image is taken while the garage door is open. It's a bit far-fetched, but there also aren't that many reasons not to blur your house.
The Flock CEO just this week told the US public that it needs to "compromise" on their right to privacy. I'm glad things are escalating, we need every single one of these cameras taken down.
It is an easy request. When the announcement blurring was made available, I made the request just to see if it they would do it - and they did!
Now, if anyone in the neighborhood asks me, "Why is your house blurred?" I reply, "Why are you asking? Is anyone asking questions about me? What did they look like?" (well, that's what I plan on replying if anyone asks)
The first key feature of the Panopticon is that the guards can observe the inmate at all times and he can't hide.
The second key feature is that the inmate can't observe the guards. He can't know who they are and can't even know if they're paying attention to him or not.
Yes, an here in lies the hypocrisy of our times where tech titans can have their information removed from public data sources (anyone remember the guy tracking Musk's plane?) while amassing staggering quantities of data about everyone else. Then have the gall to call for a "compromise" on their collection and selling of this data and our privacy.
I don't really understand how blurring out a house adds privacy. Looking around my neighborhood on Google street view I sometimes find houses that are blurred, now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious. Because I am physically close I can just look at the house if I wanted to. Someone "special" lives there.
I'm confused. If he has nothing to hide he has nothing to fear, right?
Seems like some Good Samaritan should set up a mobile pole camera (or twelve) outside his house 24/7. Rest easy, it's all being done for his own safety!
The guy gives me unhinged stalker vibes whenever he does an interview.
now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious
Mysterious? Yes. Suspicious? I wouldn't think that. Plenty of houses in my neighborhood are blurred. I don't think much about it. And yes, I can just walk over and look. But I'm their neighbor. Not someone megameters away...
You only know what the front of the house looks like.
So does Street View
Oh, turns out you can't blur the satellite images. Then yeah idk how this helps.
Edit: Guess if you park some expensive car out front and don't want someone far away scanning for all houses with expensive cars? Or potentially the image is taken while the garage door is open. It's a bit far-fetched, but there also aren't that many reasons not to blur your house.
> Oh, turns out you can't blur the satellite images.
You can if you're Israel:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/google-blurring-satellite...
Didn't this man just go on record saying the public needs to "compromise" on privacy?
Flock ceo attempts to stop people using online photo system from stocking him…
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Hmmmm…
Not that I'm ok with Flock, but those images aren't publicly viewable like Google Maps, at least not easily.
I mean, I wouldn't want to be boiled into a soup or stew either.
Tells you all you need to know about Flock.
People are so childish nowadays. The fact that things escalate to the point.
Indeed. This mass surveillance should have been stopped long ago.
The Flock CEO just this week told the US public that it needs to "compromise" on their right to privacy. I'm glad things are escalating, we need every single one of these cameras taken down.
I'd hope he did! I hope all of you do to. This isn't information you want so easily publicly available. It's a pretty easy request.
It is an easy request. When the announcement blurring was made available, I made the request just to see if it they would do it - and they did!
Now, if anyone in the neighborhood asks me, "Why is your house blurred?" I reply, "Why are you asking? Is anyone asking questions about me? What did they look like?" (well, that's what I plan on replying if anyone asks)
And yet there’s no way to get yourself blurred in Flock videos.
The first key feature of the Panopticon is that the guards can observe the inmate at all times and he can't hide.
The second key feature is that the inmate can't observe the guards. He can't know who they are and can't even know if they're paying attention to him or not.
Yes, an here in lies the hypocrisy of our times where tech titans can have their information removed from public data sources (anyone remember the guy tracking Musk's plane?) while amassing staggering quantities of data about everyone else. Then have the gall to call for a "compromise" on their collection and selling of this data and our privacy.