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Hi-tech house tour exposes personal data14656

aidanashby private msg quote post Address this user
A news item published by the BBC today: Estate agent's hi-tech house tour exposes personal data.

Virtual tours show so much so easily, and that's both a big benefit and a danger too. Just a reminder to check your shooting environment when shooting and your shots before publishing.
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(A) What owner, and what agent, are dumb enough to leave all that info lying out in plain sight? This isn't just a virtual tour issue, it would be visible (maybe even moreso) in high-quality HDR photos.

(B) This is what Matterport's new (yeah, maybe not available when this happened) Blur Tool is for. Inspect all of your tours and use it.

And furthermore (C)... What agent would let a listing be photographed in such disorder? Isn't the agent's job to present a home in its best light? Agent should have stepped up and told the owner to clean up the place before the photographer arrives. If the owner needs more time, reschedule photography for tomorrow or next week.

This isn't a failure of virtual tours. It's a failure of the owner and agent. Classic Cool Hand Luke!

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I believe it did not happen with an owner, it was most likely all renters possessions. There are agents that simply do not care about privacy of renters. I had one job like this, nobody told poor guys the part they rented was going to be captured with the rest of a dual key property. I had to hide all their personal things.
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Having been in the retail sales business long time with credit applications and such, I know what it means to secure personal data. That's why I always do a good scan before the job with my eyes,and I've even had occasions where customers didn't care their checks and driver's license were exposed on the coffee table, so I hid them. I let them know everything the camera can see so will the world.

I know securing personal data prior to a photo shoot is a subject we rarely talk about, but it's important. If the agent doesn't have common sense certainly the photographer can.
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