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Old 05-11-2011, 01:13 PM   #1
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Why black out license plate
Why do people black out their plate when posting a picture on this site? Don't hundreds of people see your license plate every day? It's not like they can steal your identity with your tag #.

What am I missing?
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Old 05-11-2011, 01:15 PM   #2
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i never understood this either
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Old 05-11-2011, 01:16 PM   #3
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If your craft you can check DMV records to find out where people live. If someone wants to come find me I'm waiting with a large caliber gun and an oversized pooch who doesn't like hostiles.
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Old 05-11-2011, 01:19 PM   #4
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some people are just THAT cautious i guess. i found it weird when i first joined there was a tampa thread on "who car is this". i guess they were just taking a picture of cars they saw in the tampa/brandon area and my car was on there, with a picture of the back of my car and tag showing. like TOMS1SS says. i got an artillery waiting on you if you want to find me lol
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Old 05-11-2011, 01:19 PM   #5
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If your craft you can check DMV records to find out where people live. If someone wants to come find me I'm waiting with a large caliber gun and an oversized pooch who doesn't like hostiles.
But couldn't someone trolling a parking lot get the same info?

...and holstiles can become friendlys with a supply of beggin strips.
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Old 05-11-2011, 01:23 PM   #6
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it is rather stupid but you never know what kind of whackos you can find on the WWW.... i guess if you like to piss people off you might want to remain anonymous
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Old 05-11-2011, 01:28 PM   #7
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it is rather stupid but you never know what kind of whackos you can find on the WWW.... i guess if you like to piss people off you might want to remain anonymous
another way for whackos to do this would be to use someones IP address, certainly the moderators will be able to access this but maybe others too.

not saying the mods are a bunch of whackos mind! lol
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Old 05-11-2011, 01:30 PM   #9
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If your craft you can check DMV records to find out where people live. If someone wants to come find me I'm waiting with a large caliber gun and an oversized pooch who doesn't like hostiles.

We have a silly lapdog, but she's packin too......
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But couldn't someone trolling a parking lot get the same info?

...and holstiles can become friendlys with a supply of beggin strips.
Yep. I've had that issue with lesser cars and plates. One employee I fired for stealing cash tried to send his buddies after me after he found where I lived.
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Old 05-11-2011, 01:30 PM   #11
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I always wondered the same thing when I'm looking at someones post with the plate blocked. Then you see another thread wanting to see your personal plates !
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Why do people black out their plate when posting a picture on this site? Don't hundreds of people see your license plate every day? It's not like they can steal your identity with your tag #.

What am I missing?
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I'm sometimes paranoid, but not over my plate....
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I can go either way on this. Posting pics on a forum is a way to identify a vehicle in public, but not necessarily its owners. I don't see much harm in it, but I respect the discomfort some people have with throwing pics of their car all over the internet with their license plate in clear view.
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