[DeTomaso] NPC? Why do people black out license plate numbers in photos on Internet?

[Daryl Adams]

Hey Mike. Hang on a second. My comments were in response to Bill's post. If I have offended you, I'm truly sorry. However, I stand by my comment and truly feel that a small number of narcissists can give the rest of us a bad name. As an example, a couple years back I had my Dino at a public event in downtown Chicago. A group of kids were taking pictures of the cars on display when the guy next to me stopped them from photographing his car. "I don't want my license plate photographed", he barked. The kids had a justifiably confused look on their faces. These kids were about 12 years old!! I immediately invited them to photograph my car, and suggested a rear view that also showed "Mr Bigshot's" car, much to his consternation. I wanted them to know that not all Ferrari owners are self absorbed snobs. There are so many truly clandestine ways for the dirtbags to get info on you that worrying about the exposure of your license plate seems very silly to me. On the other hand, you are certainly entitled to disagree and seek whatever level of anonymity makes you feel comfortable. Once again, my comments were not directed toward you. Unless, of course, that was you parked next to me. ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: The Hougans <hougan at verizon.net>
To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Sat, Jun 15, 2013 4:58 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC? Why do people black out license plate numbers in photos on Internet?


Despite your post, I'll attempt to remain civil.

My view is that I reduce my odds of bad things happening in reasonable ways
without going to excessive trouble.  I, too, drive my cars around all of the
time; I know, what a surprise. Consequently, I don't 'sneak' back to my
home, either.  The thing is, in the scheme of things, not all that many
people see me driving around.
OTOH, posting something on the internet exposes private information to a
WHOLE lot more people.  Some of whom may actually be surfing around actively
looking for victims.  It isn't that much trouble to blank out such things as
a license plate.
Reduce my risk at low cost.  Sorry if you think that equates to an 'inflated
sense of self importance.'

Mike


-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Daryl Adams
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 2:40 PM
To: lotus0005 at hotmail.com; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC? Why do people black out license plate
numbers in photos on Internet?



I think the whole thing is laughable and stems from some over inflated sense
of self importance. You know, "I'm so $#^%ing important that I simply have
to maintain my privacy". Meanwhile they drive their car around town without
a second thought about what "bad dude" might be following them home.

A friend of mine is doing an internet exotic car site and asked to come by
my place the other day to shoot some video of my cars and car barn. He
showed up with a very professional crew and they spent quite a while
filming. The producer came up to me and said, "Don't worry, we have state of
the art software that will pixelize your license plates to obscure them." I
asked, "What the hell for?" He says, "Well, for... privacy...I guess, You
know." So I said, "Look, you're interviewing me for this piece, so people
are going to know my name. I drive my cars all the time, so anybody can
follow me home. When I go to cruise night am I supposed to stop a mile from
my house, turn off my lights and sneek  home under cover of darkness? I
don't want people thinking I'm a pretentious jerk."

Daryl Adams

Mangusta 8MA888 (ONLY 401)
Dino GTS 04478 (DINO GTS)
Lamborghini Espada 7159 (68 LMBO)
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