Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow
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Re: Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow
#32I feel like setting up cameras pointed at the houses of influential people with public web feeds might help push some privacy reform.
Or make all the Flock feeds public. Presently I have to assume all of these can and will be hacked by someone, or abused at a mass scale, so better not put them anywhere that could be a problem.
Re: Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow
#33I'd hope he did! I hope all of you do to. This isn't information you want so easily publicly available. It's a pretty easy request.
It is an easy request. When the announcement blurring was made available, I made the request just to see if it they would do it - and they did! Now, if anyone in the neighborhood asks me, "Why is your house blurred?" I reply, "Why are you asking? Is anyone asking questions about me? What did they look like?" (well, that's what I plan on replying if anyone asks)
It's easy? How please do we get Zillow to do that?
Zillow publishes, right now, interior shots of my house -- put up years ago for a sale listing. I have claimed the place as mine, but Zillow won't let me take them down.
Zillow allowed inserting new photos in the list, so I did: dozens of big wildlife photos. Considered a raging fire scene, or maybe a crack den, but then of course I might some day want to sell ...
Re: Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow
#34There’s something wrong with that guy. Quite apart from the gross privacy violation issues. Most of us didn’t even know what Flock was before the Superbowl and now there is this massive public controversy around it, and every time he opens his mouth he makes it worse. The board needs to replace him ASAP.
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#35I don't really understand how blurring out a house adds privacy. Looking around my neighborhood on Google street view I sometimes find houses that are blurred, now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious. Because I am physically close I can just look at the house if I wanted to. Someone "special" lives there.
It does enhance curiosity. As an experiment i once requested Google Street view to blur my previous home. It really stands out being the only blurred house in the entire area. And i can’t undo it either :)
Re: Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow
#36I don't really understand how blurring out a house adds privacy. Looking around my neighborhood on Google street view I sometimes find houses that are blurred, now that otherwise normal looking house is now suspicious. Because I am physically close I can just look at the house if I wanted to. Someone "special" lives there.
"Hey, this house between 101 Main st. and 105 st. is blurred, how will we ever find it?"
Re: Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those images aren't publicly viewable like Google Maps, at least not easily.
I'm not so sure about that. See: https://www.independent.org/article/2026/01/14/flock-condor-... However, what Jordan found was a free-for-all, with less security than even what a standard Netflix account would require to watch a show. Not only could he access the live footage, but he could also review the video archives and even delete the recordings if desired. There's also https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2025…
> flockhibiki17
I guess we now know what someone at Flock likes in their whiskey glass.
Re: Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow
#38remember Barbra Streisand?
Re: Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow
#39I guess they must be doing something wrong.
Re: Flock CEO gets his house blurred out on Google Maps and Zillow
#40There’s something wrong with that guy. Quite apart from the gross privacy violation issues. Most of us didn’t even know what Flock was before the Superbowl and now there is this massive public controversy around it, and every time he opens his mouth he makes it worse. The board needs to replace him ASAP.
Most companies are controlled by CEOs that are on the board and pay themselves a boatload of free stock. The CEOs make sure their exit requires paying them to leave.