why do people block their license plate in pics online?

bringsmewomen · 07-26-2009, 01:39 PM

just wondering what problems showing your license plate can bring? I mean when you see a car on the street, you can see their plate anyway. Why is it a problem?

Scorpion · 07-26-2009, 02:30 PM

It would just be another way for people to trace them. Better safe then sorry it seems.

bringsmewomen · 07-26-2009, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Scorpion

It would just be another way for people to trace them. Better safe then sorry it seems.

how?
And they can do that on the street! You can see someones plate and trace them there too... i still don't get it.

Blake · 07-26-2009, 03:04 PM

why? because i do a lot of group drives that can get "spirited" and i don't want pictures online to have something to trace back to me. for example, there are reports of speeding bmw's going thru some shit town in the middle of nowhere, cops find out, and they can check forums, they aren't stupid. not only that, but it's not expensive or hard to obtain anyone's full registration information....say mr. thief wants your ferrari and he has your plate number, what's stopping him from obtaining that information and stealing your car?

scorcherjf · 07-26-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bringsmewomen

how?
And they can do that on the street! You can see someones plate and trace them there too... i still don't get it.

Yea a few people can see it on the street while you drive by... versus the whole internet seeing it and having a record of it? If you can't distinguish the difference between that... you have problems.

Year's_End · 07-26-2009, 03:13 PM

because there's a shit ton of douche bags online.

335_i · 07-26-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Bimmer Loyalist

because there's a shit ton of douche bags online.

or if you piss someone off online or they see something that they like on your car....they will know where to find you

shipill · 07-26-2009, 06:24 PM

Why do People wear underwear?

TiAg335i · 07-26-2009, 06:31 PM

it's so that people have one less thing to identify you....pretty simple really.

c0nstant · 07-26-2009, 06:40 PM

because on the road people see like hundreds of plates a day. i couldnt imagine some guy just sitting there writing them down. online, your plate is just stationary

Tondtar · 07-26-2009, 06:50 PM

We don't want you to know where we live

MCMLXXXIX · 07-26-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jh valley

because on the road people see like hundreds of plates a day. i couldnt imagine some guy just sitting there writing them down. online, your plate is just stationary

lol once i was at a shopping center by my school, and some guy in the far end of the parking lot was walking around writing down plates of every car! he looked like he was from the fbi lol. he didnt go to mine tho........i dont think he did........

deamon32 · 07-26-2009, 08:42 PM

License plates are considered PII (personal identifiable Information)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona...le_information

FStop7 · 07-26-2009, 08:56 PM

With a tag # and a service like Intelius you can find out plenty about someone

bluespeed117 · 07-27-2009, 01:06 AM

its like giving your SSN online...maybe not that extreme but you get the point.

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Blake Banned 795 Rep 4,647 Posts Drives: Chevy Aveo Join Date: May 2008 Location: Parent's Basement iTrader: (7)	why? because i do a lot of group drives that can get "spirited" and i don't want pictures online to have something to trace back to me. for example, there are reports of speeding bmw's going thru some shit town in the middle of nowhere, cops find out, and they can check forums, they aren't stupid. not only that, but it's not expensive or hard to obtain anyone's full registration information....say mr. thief wants your ferrari and he has your plate number, what's stopping him from obtaining that information and stealing your car?
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