It's unclear how Google confirms the user submitting the request is the actual owner of a home or car (or is the person in the image), and the company wouldn't provide a comment on specifics.ĪLSO: Apps blamed for turning a tiny street in Glen Park into a traffic nightmareįirst launched in 2007 in the United States and later expanded to other countries, the feature delivers an almost virtual reality-experience through stitched-together panoramic images taken mainly by cameras mounted on the roofs of Google cars driving up and down streets. "Once Google blurs an image, the effect is permanent," a Google spokesperson told SFGate in a statement. You just might want to think long and hard before you report. According to the technology company, it allows users to submit a request to have a home, a car or even themselves obscured.Īnd it's actually incredibly simple to submit: you click on the three stacked dots in the top left corner of the Street View image to find an option to "Report a Problem."
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