Okay, why in God's name do you cover your license plate in pics?
04-14-2007, 06:42 AM
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I mean, come on. Do you cover it when you drive on the road?
You're literally exposing yourself to tens of thousands of people every day JUST BY HAVING A LICENSE PLATE! Oh no!
What's the point? Or is it one of those internet things one person does and then the rest of everyone else jumps on?
This is truely killing me.
You're literally exposing yourself to tens of thousands of people every day JUST BY HAVING A LICENSE PLATE! Oh no!
What's the point? Or is it one of those internet things one person does and then the rest of everyone else jumps on?
This is truely killing me.
04-14-2007, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Jed Peter' post='413582' date='Apr 14 2007, 09:42 AM
I mean, come on. Do you cover it when you drive on the road?
You're literally exposing yourself to tens of thousands of people every day JUST BY HAVING A LICENSE PLATE! Oh no!
What's the point? Or is it one of those internet things one person does and then the rest of everyone else jumps on?
This is truely killing me.
You're literally exposing yourself to tens of thousands of people every day JUST BY HAVING A LICENSE PLATE! Oh no!
What's the point? Or is it one of those internet things one person does and then the rest of everyone else jumps on?
This is truely killing me.
Haha. I laugh when I see people do this as well. Everyone just tries to be cautious I guess. I suppose someone with DMV access could run your plate and get your name and address, although the exact same thing could happen just driving down the street.
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Originally Posted by Jed Peter' post='413582' date='Apr 14 2007, 10:42 AM
I mean, come on. Do you cover it when you drive on the road?
You're literally exposing yourself to tens of thousands of people every day JUST BY HAVING A LICENSE PLATE! Oh no!
What's the point? Or is it one of those internet things one person does and then the rest of everyone else jumps on?
This is truely killing me.
You're literally exposing yourself to tens of thousands of people every day JUST BY HAVING A LICENSE PLATE! Oh no!
What's the point? Or is it one of those internet things one person does and then the rest of everyone else jumps on?
This is truely killing me.
04-14-2007, 08:26 AM
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Wasupdu Isn't Ari Gold the $hit!! I needed him to negotiate my last deal. I love that show.
Originally Posted by wasupdu' post='413585' date='Apr 14 2007, 11:10 AM
Haha. I laugh when I see people do this as well. Everyone just tries to be cautious I guess. I suppose someone with DMV access could run your plate and get your name and address, although the exact same thing could happen just driving down the street.
04-14-2007, 10:13 AM
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Say you totally piss someone off here on the board and they feel like kicking your as...., with your plate number, they can find you and then possibly kick your as....
04-14-2007, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by doug_999' post='413652' date='Apr 14 2007, 09:13 PM
Say you totally piss someone off here on the board and they feel like kicking your as...., with your plate number, they can find you and then possibly kick your as....
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The only reason I can think of is that a lot of people that work for BMW visit this site. So if you're on here talking about a mod you've done that could void your warranty or dissing your dealer or what not then they would know it was you because of your plate and then you're screwed. Overall though, I'm gunna have to agree that it's pointless.
04-14-2007, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by wasupdu' post='413585' date='Apr 14 2007, 05:10 PM
Everyone just tries to be cautious I guess. I suppose someone with DMV access could run your plate and get your name and address, although the exact same thing could happen just driving down the street.
Correlating this info with a possible id is not my idea of having a certain degree of caution...a lot of people here have provided fotos of themselves, exchanged addresses during meet discussions and so on...it is open to abuse of any sort to someone (non e60.net member hopefully !) with a motive of some paranoid sort (like an insurance company - or worse) - it's not that far fetched until it happens to you.
The analogy of "not covering while you drive while covering here" while relatively speaking is correct, is ultimately flawed if you think about it slightly more deeply.
The fact that some cannot understand this "is truely killing me" !
04-15-2007, 03:16 AM
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Posting any identifiable information about yourself on the internet is generally not a good idea.
When you drive on the road, a few people might see your plates. And they have to be quick to remember or write them down. But on a website, your exposure is much greater... and permanent.
Blocking out your tag in a pic is a simple procedure which takes little effort, and potentially saves problems. Why would anyone NOT do it?
When you drive on the road, a few people might see your plates. And they have to be quick to remember or write them down. But on a website, your exposure is much greater... and permanent.
Blocking out your tag in a pic is a simple procedure which takes little effort, and potentially saves problems. Why would anyone NOT do it?
04-15-2007, 01:53 PM
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However, covering up plates of surrounding cars is a bit overboard. 
See recent pics of darraghn's 523i LCI.
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?act=attach...st&id=40169
See recent pics of darraghn's 523i LCI.
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?act=attach...st&id=40169