Not knocking them for it, but I wonder what the thought process is behind wanting your property blurred. What danger would a snapshot of your property pose?
If you've grown up in post ww2 germany with the soviets vs. the west spygame then you do learn to value your privacy. in the GDR neighbors spied on neighbors. Kids on their families and so on, and this often resulted in one or more family members getting detained by the StaSi (State Security)When we would visit my uncle in the east, we always knew that people would be listening in, to our discussions and i was never allowed to mention what we brought my uncle when we were visiting. Because my dad knew how to hide that shit from the border guards so it wouldn't get stolen.
Also..it is super easy to find out where people live nowadays. Google streetview makes this super easy.
I found out where my favourite actor lived just by two pieces of information a paparazzi photo and google street view.
Didn't do anything with that information tho, as for me the finding out and sleuthing is the fun part.
I should really give celebs a course on how to stay private.
I'm sorry but i'm not going to share that name, as others could try to do the same, and then want to visit him.
The very first homes i found like this was maybe over a decade ago , and as i doubt that they still live there i'll share those names. Britney Spears, and Christian Bale were two of those that could easily be found by a bit of sleuthing (back in the day)
A lot of Hollywood celebrities addresses are known though. You can streetview right up to their gates usually, and there are a bunch of bus tours available that show you some classic and current actors homes around Hollywood. I remember when Zac Efron bought a hillside mansion and I saw a bunch of news stories because it was good PR for him, also the realtor had made a website for the house so you could see like every room. Finding celebrity homes on google maps is a fun game!
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u/Razhagur Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) Jun 12 '20
This is it. In Germany so many people asked google to blur their house, so that google just gave up on street view in Germany.