Blur license plate?

[SnowWolf]

Hello!

I'm new to the forum, when I first posted pictures of my Ranger. I didn't blur the license plates, but after a friend told me too. I went ahead and did it. I've never been one to use social media, and I don't like putting myself out there on the internet so to speak.

But yeah, I see many people on the internet recommend that you blur your license plate. But I don’t really understand why. When you drive around in public, they are visible to anyone.

There’s not a lot of personal information you can gather from them, besides. People on the street can gather that information when they find you in public. What made me change my mind though, was that on the street its just any other car. But on the internet, it’s visible to a lot more people.

Also, it might get picked out to get stolen more easily, since your expensive build list with modifications and parts can turn more into a shopping list for people that are looking through the forums for tricked out trucks to steal.

So, by blurring your license plates, the Ranger becomes just another Ranger on the internet. Instead of being able to get tracked down.

But I feel a bit silly and paranoid blurring my license plates. What do you guys think?

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[Trigganometry]

Old adage, better safe then sorry...

 

[Toytec]

I posted my tag couple threads ago. Then someone pulled in my driveway but were just using it to turn around.
Left me standing there with 2 beers and a lonely look on my face.

 

[outdoorphotog]

Depending on how you blur the plate, it can be reversed with the right image software.

 

[outdoorphotog]

Sometimes sharpen function in photoshop can help if the original was high quality. Not that I sit around trying to unblur license plates, but had seen a discussion and tried it out of boredom with mixed results.

 

[outdoorphotog]

Upload one and ill try it

 

[Robisten8]

If I know your license plate, I know pretty much everything about you. In Texas, I even know how much you paid for the vehicle your license plate is mounted on because the sales price is included on the information. With your name, I can go to public sites that reveal your address, phone number, email address, etc. Scammers live for information like that. Just blur them!

 

[Blmpkn]

If I know your license plate, I know pretty much everything about you. In Texas, I even know how much you paid for the vehicle your license plate is mounted on because the sales price is included on the information. With your name, I can go to public sites that reveal your address, phone number, email address, etc. Scammers live for information like that. Just blur them!

I have a maine plate that reads blmpkn, who am i?

 

[Rviator]

I tend to avoid showing plate numbers but anyone driving nearby your truck can read your license plate. Is this forum all that different from driving on public roads?

 

[Robisten8]

I have a maine plate that reads blmpkn, who am i?

William the New Years baby....how much do you want me to reveal?

 

[Blmpkn]

William the New Years baby....how much do you want me to reveal?

Just never believed the hype I suppose, creepy lol.

 

[Shomare]

Go to a car show and have hundreds take your cars photo with the plate in the background. It's silly to worry about such things

 

[Arly]

Some people need something to worry about.

 

[Robisten8]

Just never believed the hype I suppose, creepy lol.

That's just a very little bit of the info. I could reveal. Go to a site called familytreenow.com and put your info into a search. People will know your mom, dad, aunts uncles, brothers sisters, phone numbers, email in a lot of cases.

So let me tell you how turds are using the information by telling you just one case I worked where an old man was victim of a $13000 fraud/theft. Old man gets a phone call from a Puerto Rico phone number (caller ID even said that). He answers and a guy identifies himself as a Mexico Police Officer and says "Your grandson, Stephen, is in jail in Mexico and needs $7500 to get out". Being up in years and not knowing much about scams, but knows Mexico jail is bad, he wires the money Western Union as instructed. Gets another phone call from a different Puerto Rican number, but this time the guy says "I need $5500 more money to free Stephen's passport and pay for attorney fees to release him to the US embassy". The elderly individual, somewhat concerned, asked if Stephens mother has been contacted at which point they say her name, which they were able to get off either a familytreenow.com type site or his Facebook page. BTW, Stephen posted photos of his Mexico trip on Facebook, told his entire family he was going, but had already returned from Mexico the day prior and was safe and sound in his own home. Unfortunately scams like this happen daily and elderly people are targeted the most, but all it took for him to realize his mistake was a direct phone call to Stephen before driving to send $13K via Western Union.

BTW, local authorities can't investigate this and feds won't touch something so minimal. These criminals are making easy money. Anytime I get the extended warranty calls or someone just authorized $299 on your amazon or apple account I answer it and have all sorts of fun with those pieces of shit!

Moral to the story, BLUR YOUR PLATES!

 

[Steve23]

What’s better? Blurring or using a photo editor (like one on my phone, not Photoshop) to black out the plate with the pen tool or whatever

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