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Re:Google Street View image of a house predicts car accident... by paggle on Friday December 13, 2019 @04:46AM (#21780344)
No, it’s the 21st century reality of needing to protect yourself from insurance companies looking to spy on your house to set your insurance rates.
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Re:Google Street View image of a house predicts car accident... by zmzrr on Friday December 13, 2019 @06:30AM (#21780740)
Literally hiding under a blanket: the day blurring out houses becomes widespread, they will just sent a human to look at your house.
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Re:Google Street View image of a house predicts car accident... by paggle on Friday December 13, 2019 @12:01PM (#21783271)
That’s totally fine. They’ve been able to do that for 200 years and it hasn’t proved worth the cost.
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Re:Google Street View image of a house predicts car accident... by akakakak on Friday December 13, 2019 @06:51AM (#21780810)
Or use a data provider that doesn't allow opt-out and has no publicly available interface.
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Re:Google Street View image of a house predicts car accident... by dsfyu404ed on Friday December 13, 2019 @06:54AM (#21780824)
Good. That imposes a cost on whoever wants to look at someone's house and provides a disincentive to do it without a good reason.
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