# What does it mean when Google Street View skips a block?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 29, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-google-street-view-skips-a-block/802998 "2017-11-29T01:46:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-google-street-view-skips-a-block/802998/21 "2017-12-02T13:54:39Z")

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> [@Lord\_Feldon](#):
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> If there’s a privacy request for a particular address, they just blur the house. That was done to the house in Cleveland where the kidnapping victims were found.
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> (IMO it just attracts more attention. If I see a blurred house in my area I immediately go to the county property website to see what I can figure out about the weirdo who lives there.)

Ah, the [Streisand effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect) strikes again. Reminds me of a friend of mine who ran a dial-up BBS back in the day when that was the latest in technology. His sig was (Imagine this in glowing, fuzzy, lime-green on black) Why yes, as Admin I _can_ read your messages, but I’m not that bored.

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