<VV> Vair on Google Maps ~ fogged out the wheel covers too ?

[Harry Smith]

I was using Google street view this afternoon looking for a particular
building in Pompano Beach, Fl and came across a Cadillac Escalade parked at
the curb in front of the building and the entire front grille & emblem was
blurred out. I was thinking maybe they block out copyrighted emblems such
as those on the hubcap of a Corvair, but looking around a little more there
were many plainly visible emblems on other cars.
Harry Smith
1963 Rampside
Coral Springs, FL

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:57 PM, <RoboMan91324 at aol.com> wrote:

> Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me.
>
> No doubt Google retains the virgin video files.  That is  SOP when the
> originals have huge cost and value.  You never know what the  "auto blur"
> program might do to the resultant product that might cause you to  need the
> original.
>
> Though it is likely that Google retains the original video  files, I don't
> believe that they take on the enormous task of associating  license plate
> numbers with addresses with names, etc.  Considering the  embarrassing
> situation Google finds itself in today, I don't think they are  above such
> things
> but doing what you suggest would take incredible resources  with little
> value.
>
> With that said, I suppose there is some use for license plate  vs. location
> vs. time of day info.  The police might be interested in  so-and-so's
> Rampside being parked in front of a house at the time it was robbed  or a
> private
> eye interested in someone's infidelity.  ......... not  that any Corvair
> person would ever be involved in such sordid activities.   Lets just say
> the
> Google video would be used as the Corvair owner's alibi to  clear them of
> suspicion.  ;-)
>
> Doc
>
> 1960 Corvette, 1961 Rampside, 1962 Rampside, 1964 Spyder  coupe, 1965
> Greenbrier, 1966 Canadian Corsa turbo coupe, 1967 Nova SS, 1968  Camaro
> ragtop
>
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> In a message dated 3/13/2013 9:00:39 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:
>
> Message:  5
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:18:43 -0500
> From: John Beck  <jb30343 at windstream.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Vair on Google Maps  ~ fogged out the wheel covers
> too ?
> Cc: 'vv'  <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Message-ID:  <514098D3.60708 at windstream.net>
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>
> One might infer from Google's Privacy  Policy that even though they blur
> the numbers in the published photos, they  retain the data.  So, somewhere
> in
> Googles very large database there is  info on your Corvair's license plate
> number associated with whatever other  info Google has about you.  --J.B.
>
> ral1963 at comcast.net  wrote:
> > I would believe they use a program to find and auto blur  anything that
> looks
> > like a face or a license plate.  I bet the  program "thought"  the wheel
> > covers looked like a  face.
>
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