The official "WTF" thread

You can have Google blur the Street View images. On the Street View of your house look at the bottom for "Report a problem" and click and follow the instructions. If there are multiple years, you'll need to do them individually. Also check the view from different directions/angles, sometimes they're different and you'll need to do those too.

Also if it appears in Zillow and most other real estate sites you can make an account, claim the property, and then delete the pictures.
How do you delete the pictures on all the other accounts, Realtor.com, HAR, etc., after you create an account on them will they let you delete the pictures?
 
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You can have Google blur the Street View images. On the Street View of your house look at the bottom for "Report a problem" and click and follow the instructions. If there are multiple years, you'll need to do them individually. Also check the view from different directions/angles, sometimes they're different and you'll need to do those too.

Also if it appears in Zillow and most other real estate sites you can make an account, claim the property, and then delete the pictures.

truly a wack a mole game ..
 
You can have Google blur the Street View images. On the Street View of your house look at the bottom for "Report a problem" and click and follow the instructions. If there are multiple years, you'll need to do them individually. Also check the view from different directions/angles, sometimes they're different and you'll need to do those too.

Also if it appears in Zillow and most other real estate sites you can make an account, claim the property, and then delete the pictures.
I actually used that feature when I was in California. My garage door happened to be open when it went by, and it was not an image I wanted out there. I was not interested in providing "window shopping" for any thieving a-hole looking around in street view. I don't care about street view now. I live in a FAFO State where I can use lethal force to defend my property if needed. :) Also--- there has been an ever-increasing number of idiots who do NOT come near my house--probably because of the number of cameras I have up. LOL Nobody tends to F with my stuff. :)
 
 
So they patented this tech. Why? WHAT is the monetary incentive? How does this adhere to fiduciary responsibility? How does it benefit the CUSTOMER?

Huge moneymaker. Ford is the corporate fleet leader, especially of trucks. Corporate safety programs all now pretty much mandate GPS tracking, a lot have dashcams recording both inside and outside the cab.

So they would dominate a secondary market overnight. Notification to LE seems to be the click bait part. But citizens can report violations and appear in court when the ticketed offender is slated to appear. The ticket gets mailed to them by the courts.

Probably Ford thinks they can get a % on each report or successfully event. And the assorted data streams will help their auto driving and AI tech by building a massive real life driving model.
 
Huge moneymaker. Ford is the corporate fleet leader, especially of trucks. Corporate safety programs all now pretty much mandate GPS tracking, a lot have dashcams recording both inside and outside the cab.

So they would dominate a secondary market overnight. Notification to LE seems to be the click bait part. But citizens can report violations and appear in court when the ticketed offender is slated to appear. The ticket gets mailed to them by the courts.

Probably Ford thinks they can get a % on each report or successfully event. And the assorted data streams will help their auto driving and AI tech by building a massive real life driving model.
I'd be looking for the hack to disable that shit ASAP.
 
I'd be looking for the hack to disable that shit ASAP.

If it’s your company policy, your options are limited while staying employed there. Most can cover the inside camera, some companies can only access the camera post event or can only get a report. Essentially limited access, but they’ll eventually get unfettered access as time goes on.

As for Ford’s stuff, it won’t be just pulling a few fuses. Everything is interconnected and has redundant circuits. Kill it and you might lose power steering or headlights.
 
If it’s your company policy, your options are limited while staying employed there. Most can cover the inside camera, some companies can only access the camera post event or can only get a report. Essentially limited access, but they’ll eventually get unfettered access as time goes on.

As for Ford’s stuff, it won’t be just pulling a few fuses. Everything is interconnected and has redundant circuits. Kill it and you might lose power steering or headlights.
I will never be driving a fleet vehicle. Check out FORSCAN-- software to hack your Ford. They have a big community and almost certainly somebody will develop a way to shut that shit down on private vehicles.
 
I'll bet insurance companies will pay the Blue Oval a bit for data on the driving habits of their insurees.:mad:
 
I'll bet insurance companies will pay the Blue Oval a bit for data on the driving habits of their insurees.:mad:

Cities may also want to pay for that data .. everyone speeds sooner or later, city budget short falls will be a thing of the past
 
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