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AIBU?

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to think nothing dodgy can come from members of the public taking photos of our house?

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MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 27/01/2018 19:42

Someone has set up a social media account for our town which features pretty and quirky photos of the local area. We live in a small street which is, I suppose, quite quaint looking (but nothing out of the ordinary) with lots of matching Victorian front doors and as a result people have taken to snapping photos of pairs of houses or because our house is the end terrace and has a pretty tree next to it - just our house on its own.

When it is posted the photographer doesn’t give the location (other than the suburb of the town) and it gives away nothing more than anyone could see walking past.

My DH is really pissed off about it and feels it’s a security breech. I, even as someone with terrible anxiety often related to privacy, can’t see the issue with it.

If it was bringing dozens of tourists past an hour then sure but it’s just a fad at the moment for people to take snaps of pastel front doors.

AIBU to think there is no issue here? They aren’t breaking the law and they aren’t coming onto the property (as far as I can tell the photos are taken from across the road).
Would you have an issue with this?

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ChasedByBees · 27/01/2018 19:43

I don’t think so, although I might find it a bit weird. Put a sofa in your front garden. Grin

kimlo · 27/01/2018 19:43

no I wouldn't. It's nothing people can't see with their eyes ir on google maps anyway.

MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 27/01/2018 19:47

Good! The more he was droning on about it the more I was starting to feel I had had a lapse in judgement.

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Sonders · 27/01/2018 19:57

TBH I'd be flattered if someone thought my house was that pretty! The door thing is a fad though, there's at least 10 door-based accounts for every major city atm :P

meredintofpandiculation · 27/01/2018 20:15

They'e only taking pictures of what people could see from the public road - and, as others have said, from Google Streetview. No problem.

Aerial views of the rear is different - but even there, there is nothing you can do about it because of Google maps.

And if you haven't been in the house for many years, you'll be able to find complete pictures of the inside, dating from when it was on sale.

MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 27/01/2018 21:35

You all have the same view point as me.
DH just can’t see it.

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