Maybe it’s just me, but that makes zero sense. Your license plate is visible to literally EVERYONE when you’re driving around and even parked in your driveway. Why blur it out in pictures?
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I’ll share a true story. I’m a relatively small YouTuber. One of my viewers managed to triangular exactly why I live based on the flight paths of planes in the background of my video.
He was a fan. Imagine if he was a hater.
The problem isn’t people seeing your number plate. It’s people using contextual information to figure out who and where you are. Your license plate can give your identity away, like posting a social security number or credit card number.
When crooks steal cars the smarter ones clone plates. Whatever car they have stolen a quick image search for make and model will give them weeks extra driving the car without being pulled over. Also cloned plates are used so you don’t get speed camera/toll fines in your rego.
When crooks steal cars the smarter ones clone plates. Whatever car they have stolen a quick image search for make and model will give them weeks extra driving the car without being pulled over. Also cloned plates are used so you don’t get speed camera/toll fines in your rego.
When crooks steal cars the smarter ones clone plates. Whatever car they have stolen a quick image search for make and model will give them weeks extra driving the car without being pulled over. Also cloned plates are used so you don’t get speed camera/toll fines in your rego.
Particularly on websites like Reddit, people generally want to remain anonymous.
I don’t want my boss or parents to know that this Reddit account belongs to me.
Not censoring your license plate basically means anyone who knows you personally can now tie you to your Reddit account.
Additionally it’s just another piece of information that, in combination with other info, can be used to identify or doxx you.
Yes, on it’s own it’s likely not going to allow anyone to identify you.
But neither would your first name.
Or your last name.
Or the name of your street.
The thing is, in combination, this info can be used to uniquely identify you, so just because any piece of information by itself can’t be used to identify you, doesn’t mean it’s completely without risk to post that info
Particularly on websites like Reddit, people generally want to remain anonymous.
I don’t want my boss or parents to know that this Reddit account belongs to me.
Not censoring your license plate basically means anyone who knows you personally can now tie you to your Reddit account.
Additionally it’s just another piece of information that, in combination with other info, can be used to identify or doxx you.
Yes, on it’s own it’s likely not going to allow anyone to identify you.
But neither would your first name.
Or your last name.
Or the name of your street.
The thing is, in combination, this info can be used to uniquely identify you, so just because any piece of information by itself can’t be used to identify you, doesn’t mean it’s completely without risk to post that info
Particularly on websites like Reddit, people generally want to remain anonymous.
I don’t want my boss or parents to know that this Reddit account belongs to me.
Not censoring your license plate basically means anyone who knows you personally can now tie you to your Reddit account.
Additionally it’s just another piece of information that, in combination with other info, can be used to identify or doxx you.
Yes, on it’s own it’s likely not going to allow anyone to identify you.
But neither would your first name.
Or your last name.
Or the name of your street.
The thing is, in combination, this info can be used to uniquely identify you, so just because any piece of information by itself can’t be used to identify you, doesn’t mean it’s completely without risk to post that info
there are millions of cars driving around. it’d be impossible to catch all of them, even if you….cared to begin with. i mean, we see people all the time in person, yet even though knowing what someone looks like can mean alot, nothing really happens unless you provoke the behavior somehow.
which leads into posting something online. now you have one single post people can get mad at or have some sort of reaction to. you make a previously average and uninteresting license plate turn into a target, which obviously is much different compared to seeing it whizz by on your windscreen.
there are millions of cars driving around. it’d be impossible to catch all of them, even if you….cared to begin with. i mean, we see people all the time in person, yet even though knowing what someone looks like can mean alot, nothing really happens unless you provoke the behavior somehow.
which leads into posting something online. now you have one single post people can get mad at or have some sort of reaction to. you make a previously average and uninteresting license plate turn into a target, which obviously is much different compared to seeing it whizz by on your windscreen.
there are millions of cars driving around. it’d be impossible to catch all of them, even if you….cared to begin with. i mean, we see people all the time in person, yet even though knowing what someone looks like can mean alot, nothing really happens unless you provoke the behavior somehow.
which leads into posting something online. now you have one single post people can get mad at or have some sort of reaction to. you make a previously average and uninteresting license plate turn into a target, which obviously is much different compared to seeing it whizz by on your windscreen.
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