Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 I tend to adopt the French attitude to property and buy pre-flaked and faded pale dull paint, and leave the windows dirty all in order to deter intruders by the down-at-heel appearance of my house. Or is it that I'm bone idle... Quote
pistonbroke Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 I tend to adopt the French attitude to property and buy pre-flaked and faded pale dull paint, and leave the windows dirty all in order to deter intruders by the down-at-heel appearance of my house. Or is it that I'm bone idle... More likely because, like me and a lot of other 'sane' folk's (The wife might contest that statement ) we can always find something much more interesting , entertaining, or important to do, than painting houses Quote
tex Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 theres a link on the bottom left of the images.. Opens a page.. Filled mine in the other day.. Is removed within 24hrs.. Just said it was a security risk.. They just removed it Quote
Blatman Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 QUOTE Edit: Sadly some people have their personal details online without even realising. True enough. Electoral roll records are available freely if you forget to tick the opt out box on the form each year. But even private details are available for a small fee, and remember that being on the electoral roll is supposed to be compulsory. So for a relatively small fee, you can get name, address and details of who lives at an address. Google Earth shows you the layout of the premises (remember businessess as well as private). Facebook / Bebo / MySpace / FriendsReunited are all great places for research, and simply googling someones name and / or postcode can throw up all sorts of useful stuff. Using bulletin boards like Pistonheads, Blatchat, this one can reap rewards too. How many of you have answered the call to "What do you do for a living?" or "What TV / camera / watch do you own / reccommend?" etc. It's *really* REALLY easy to build up a profile of someones ID and what property they may own, and if their house has a burglar alarm, high walls, outside lights, a dog, kids etc etc, using nothing more than a half hour of time, some common sense and some googling. Internet security is one of my pet subjects. Don't get me started. It's not a London thing... Quote
matt_c Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 Edit: Sadly some people have their personal details online without even realising. True enough. Electoral roll records are available freely if you forget to tick the opt out box on the form each year. But even private details are available for a small fee, and remember that being on the electoral roll is supposed to be compulsory. So for a relatively small fee, you can get name, address and details of who lives at an address. Google Earth shows you the layout of the premises (remember businessess as well as private). Facebook / Bebo / MySpace / FriendsReunited are all great places for research, and simply googling someones name and / or postcode can throw up all sorts of useful stuff. Using bulletin boards like Pistonheads, Blatchat, this one can reap rewards too. How many of you have answered the call to "What do you do for a living?" or "What TV / camera / watch do you own / reccommend?" etc. It's *really* REALLY easy to build up a profile of someones ID and what property they may own, and if their house has a burglar alarm, high walls, outside lights, a dog, kids etc etc, using nothing more than a half hour of time, some common sense and some googling. Internet security is one of my pet subjects. Don't get me started. It's not a London thing... You and I definitely agree on this one Blatman. Some people may view it as paranoia, I do not. Far too many people are irresponsible with their personal details both online and offline (Putting Bank statements in the bin is ONE example). I think a lot of people would be shocked at what can be found online by the average internet user for free and in only a few minutes as well. If a cyber criminal or an experienced IT professional was searching then the results would almost certainly be even more in depth. This is just the tip of the iceberg and doesn't even touch on the subject of putting your personal details in to badly constructed online stores that are susceptible to being hacked. My online store has the personal details of a lot of customers but I have taken great steps to ensure their details are kept safe (and naturally in accordance with the Data Protection act). My systems automatically notify me of most hacking attempts and this happens almost daily. Sadly not all online stores operate this way as they either don't understand the situation or they view this as an unnecessary overhead and don't think it'll happen to them, trust me, it does. Most cyber criminals are not stupid and the lengths they'll go to to commit their crimes should not be underestimated. Apologies for sidetracking slightly from the original topic of Google Streetview but I felt it had to be said. Matt Quote
tex Posted March 23, 2010 Posted March 23, 2010 i also read yesterday that insurance companies are now trawling the likes of facebook etc for things like 'im going on holiday.' etc.. Leaves it a risk.. Can see why but its getting a bit big brother spying i think.. I personally make sure i know who can see what where i go.. Streetview is a real big brother pain.. Ie council planning.. Insurance claims.. They all use it.. Fact Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted March 23, 2010 Posted March 23, 2010 Well they won't see my house... Quote
dombanks Posted March 23, 2010 Posted March 23, 2010 i posted up one somewhere, but its got someones car in which has probbaly been stolen by now so will have been removed Quote
Blatman Posted March 24, 2010 Posted March 24, 2010 i also read yesterday that insurance companies are now trawling the likes of facebook etc for things like 'im going on holiday.' etc.. Leaves it a risk.. Can see why but its getting a bit big brother spying i think.. I personally make sure i know who can see what where i go.. Streetview is a real big brother pain.. Ie council planning.. Insurance claims.. They all use it.. Fact It's been known for personnel / HR departments and employers in general to use the same techniques when looking at job candidates or "monitoring" employees, and of course the cops and security services monitor those sites for intelligence gathering on people of interest. The irony is that with social networking (and bulletin board use), any problems arising as a result of comments made are usually self inflicted. IE, pull a sickie, tell the world on Facebook or a favourite billetin board or wherever and suddenly you're up before the boss on a disciplinary Quote
matt_c Posted March 24, 2010 Posted March 24, 2010 Dear Matt, 2.4 million new Electoral Roll records just added! This brings the total number of 2010 edited Electoral Roll records to 24 million. The new register includes 4 million new names and addresses not listed on the 2009 edited Electoral Roll. These records primarily include those people that moved house or changed their name last year. As already pointed out by Blatman, quite a bit of info is available for free but a lot more if you register for these services and pay a small fee. Matt Quote
matt_c Posted March 24, 2010 Posted March 24, 2010 The irony is that with social networking (and bulletin board use), any problems arising as a result of comments made are usually self inflicted. IE, pull a sickie, tell the world on Facebook or a favourite billetin board or wherever and suddenly you're up before the boss on a disciplinary We've had to discipline a couple of employees who've posted things to Facebook that they probably shouldn't have. One ended up losing his job, although to be fair there were other more serious reasons in addition to his social networking antics. Quote
marcusb Posted April 3, 2010 Posted April 3, 2010 You now get a 3-D view option as well !! (need glasses) Quote
Lurksalot Posted April 3, 2010 Posted April 3, 2010 Car dealers don't move house too often. Cars can be stolen from them too. Plus, it gives the thieves a nice easy starting point. But it's not just cars. Houses / businesses... you can easily see who has a burglar alarm and who hasn't. Google Earth and Google street view give a decent plan of the area for entry and escape. Any "covert" operative will tell you that the plan is incomplete without a decent escape route. Now you can plan without as much need for loitering / driving around a location several times. No physical attendance reduces the risk of being spotted and reported as behaving suspiciously. So I'm more against street view than for, and as such my premises have been removed from GoogleMaps since the day it went live... "It's the same as someone walking past..." Er, no, it's the same as *everyone in the whole world* walking past... OK , you can stretch a point , but anyone one can buy a map book to give an escape route and the 'recce' normally involves assesing a routine i.e. bank depositing times , wage runs etc . A year old picture book is hardly helping out , but if in 1 street , in 1 town , 1 house is blurred out , that may raise a bit of interest most burglaries are done on chance by someone who lives close by , and those who know what they want will find try to find a way around most security systems. It does comes down to how vunerable you feel, and how safe you think you can make yourself Quote
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