03-25-2015, 05:41 AM
It is a habit, across the Internet, to obscure a license plate number when posting a picture. Why is this?
Everyday, we drive are cars and bikes in traffic where thousands of people can read our license plate. What is it that everyone is afraid of when they post a picture?
INFO:
http://jalopnik.com/5941797/should-you-b...-in-photos
Reading through a variety of forums, it appears that it is considered a courtesy if you are posting a picture of someone else's vehicle, but that when you are posting a photo of your own, there just isn't any real reason beyond unwarranted paranoia. Being hunted down from plate info in a picture just isn't likely. Far more likely would be one of the thousands of people seeing your plate every day, on the road next to you, who is already following you! If photos scare you, then you must have one heck of a time driving in public.
Everyday, we drive are cars and bikes in traffic where thousands of people can read our license plate. What is it that everyone is afraid of when they post a picture?
INFO:
http://jalopnik.com/5941797/should-you-b...-in-photos
Reading through a variety of forums, it appears that it is considered a courtesy if you are posting a picture of someone else's vehicle, but that when you are posting a photo of your own, there just isn't any real reason beyond unwarranted paranoia. Being hunted down from plate info in a picture just isn't likely. Far more likely would be one of the thousands of people seeing your plate every day, on the road next to you, who is already following you! If photos scare you, then you must have one heck of a time driving in public.