any reason to blur license plates in photos and videos?

[Yaj Yak]

people use to go way out of their way to blur license plates... any reason?

do you?

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[smug]

yea i dont get it either

 

[BillyBru]

so people dont have your license plate number. so people dont call you in or some shit. i could care less, all of the illinois can see my license plate why blur it out.

 

[Shocker]

so if your doing dumb stuff, you have a maybe reason not too get busted... my plate is out there.

My fav is in 1 pic they blur, but then they forget to do it in another lol

 

[Yaj Yak]

yeah... my suburban isnt gonna be doing too much dumb shit... so yeah. not bluring it.


i could understand if street racing was a common thing but... yeah... im not worried about that...

 

[hellraiser319]

So people don't try to get you in trouble for anything whether you did it or not, prevent stalkers/jealous people, etc...

 

[Yaj Yak]

okay but to play devils advocate... how could they get me in trouble? call the cops and be like plate 190185 just blew a stoplight @)(% argh!!!!!

how could people stalk me via my license plate also?

 

[SHOmuff]

People have connections.

 

[Yaj Yak]

honestly. if someone were to find this forum, with 18k + posts of personal information... that would do more than the license plate on my suburban.

 

[SHOmuff]

I agree it probably doesn't matter whether your plates are visible online or not, but my dad is a security freak. It rubs off every once in a while.

 

[Mike K]

honestly. if someone were to find this forum, with 18k + posts of personal information... that would do more than the license plate on my suburban.

Holy shit dude... 18,000 posts. Where do you find the time!?

 

[Mook]

Ya, seriously.

 

[Fish]

okay but to play devils advocate... how could they get me in trouble? call the cops and be like plate 190185 just blew a stoplight @)(% argh!!!!!

how could people stalk me via my license plate also?

Exactly. People see your license plate every day. Im sure people saw that street race on the highway too as you were taping it. Did you blur it out for them?

 

[The Broken Regal]

every post is a glimpse into my personal life!

 

[Yaj Yak]

Exactly. People see your license plate every day. Im sure people saw that street race on the highway too as you were taping it. Did you blur it out for them?

whoa whoa whoa whoa.... i never street raced on the highway? whatchu talkin bout willis.

 

[Fish]

whoa whoa whoa whoa.... i never street raced on the highway? whatchu talkin bout willis.

I never said you personally did. I said when people do it, they blur it out on video. That is silly to me since other people witnessed it and probably saw your plate.

For pictures, I see zero reason. People walking by your car can do whatever to your plate.

 

[Yaj Yak]

touche.

 

[Ron Vogel]

I never said you personally did. I said when people do it, they blur it out on video. That is silly to me since other people witnessed it and probably saw your plate.

For pictures, I see zero reason. People walking by your car can do whatever to your plate.

+1

Although posting street racing vids or pics of you with love dolls is generally a bad idea.

 

[hellraiser319]

how could people stalk me via my license plate also?

perhaps they google a known alias, find pictures of a green 325i with a plate of BIMMR 1, start looking at places of occupation for that car, wait til that person gets off work, then hits them with a crowbar, steals their wallet only to find $3, or bounds and rapes them? Who knows, to be honest, its like people can use your VIN against you... I feel, better safe than sorry.

 

[Yaj Yak]

meh i figure nowadays as long as i dont do something to piss off 4chan or "anonymous" ill be okay.

 

[Fish]

perhaps they google a known alias, find pictures of a green 325i with a plate of BIMMR 1, start looking at places of occupation for that car, wait til that person gets off work, then hits them with a crowbar, steals their wallet only to find $3, or bounds and rapes them? Who knows, to be honest, its like people can use your VIN against you... I feel, better safe than sorry.

You can do that to any car though. Not just cars you see on the internet. Does that mean I should blur my plate out to everyone? Just run with no plate?

 

[hellraiser319]

^quite true.

 

[firemandan1700]

Everyone has a valid point in either finding out where you live, copy your plate and use it for some sort of criminal gain, or have connections like me

While at work dispatching, we use the LEADS system which is a program database the state uses to run all names, license plates, enter warrants ect... This is a powerful tool in the law enforcement sector. BUT... Running plates without a reason (I.E. To gain personal knowledge of owner(s)) and and or releasing the information to some third party or unauthorized person is a federal offense.

So I believe people do it for more of a sense of security than anything. Again unless they are dong stoopid shit like racing in the street.

I have had people ask me to run license plates but I always say no. It's just not worth it

 

[SirMarco]

I blur mine out, well most of the time. I have had a few that I forgot to.
For me it's better safe then sorry . Fucking creepers stalking me.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

I do it. Dont want people to find out where I live... but there are points in this thread that suggest it doesnt matter, and I just about agree with you guys.