Just wondering, when pictures of vehicles are taken and posted on line, why is the license plates blurred or blacked out?
We ride down the street everyday our plates showing, and access to the VIN is direct.

 

idenity theft , security , private ...you can get alot of info with plates...

 

my VIN is not visible from outside!

also if someone is a real ***** on the net say.. and someone wanted to get back at him.. all he'd have to do is grab the tags, find location, then screw the truck over.. jsut to **** off some user who owned him online.

 

That's my point, if that's the case it could be got at a stop light. [sm=confused06.gif]

 

there you cant do nothing about...but having you tag on a pic on the internet is just asking for it...

 

i cover mine over when i take pics because if i dont then the licence plate reflects so bright with the flash that thats all you can see in the pic...

 

I look at it this way, there are soooo many people trying to steal others identity's etc, I'm not putting anything out there that has the slightest possibility of helping them. [sm=ts.gif]

 

How many people do u drive by in a given day vs how many people are on the internet. Odds are if your on the internet and u know what your doing u arnt out in traffic much ur a huge nerd sitting in a cold dark basement hacking into peoples crap, so why give them ur adress for free to rape and pilvage ur truck. blur it out i say.

 

Many states are not allowing people to get information regarding the owner of a vehicle. Much paperwork is required before that information would even be divulged. Again, the vehicle tag is pretty much public knowledge, so exposure on the Internet isn't really making one a target.

 

doesn't bother me if someone see's my tag in a pic. like metioned before, they can see it if im driving down the street. besides, most people that cover there tags have where they live right in their profiles. but like ryan said, it does reflect the light from a camera quite a bit.