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Lorraine King & Rosaleen Fenton

Google Maps users spot man's rude message on roof after site didn't blur his home

Google Maps is not only extremely useful for getting around, but it's also a great source of entertainment.

People were left in hysterics recently after one hungry Google Street View driver apparently couldn't help themselves from stopping for a burger while they were on the job.

Previously, people have spotted ghostly figures, and even a phantom building while using the feature.

Now eagle-eyed users have spotted one fed-up homeowner's explicit rant on their roof - which is believed to be a response to the tech company.

A screenshot of the property was shared on Reddit, where users speculated it was created after the homeowner's request to blur their property from the platform's satellite view was rejected.

The fuming homeowner has left a rude message on their roof (DailyStar WS)

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The property in Neese Lane in Moss Point, Mississippi, US, is blurred when on street view, although it is not blurred on satellite.

Google will permanently blur properties on street view for privacy reasons, but not on its satellite view which has resulted in the fuming homeowner writing "F**k you" on their roof.

Posting their finding on January 25, the Reddit user said: "They've had their property image blurred from StreetView as well... hah!

"What's funny is that, while you can't see it clearly, it looks completely different on Apple Maps satellite view... like it says something else.

"Actually... looking at it in Bing Maps, it looks the same as Apple Maps... like the paint ran after a while and makes it look messed up.

"EDIT: Looking again on DuckDuckGo, looks like they were or are trying to change it to say "EAT S**T"... hah."

Another Reddit user responded: "I imagine they had Google blur their house on StreetView (ya know, for privacy) but Google wouldn't do it for Satellite View, as it is done by third party providers. so this was the homeowner's response."

It added that Google Earth is built from a broad range of imagery providers, including public, government, commercial and private sector sources and that sometimes images are blurred before they are made available for Google to use.

A Google spokesperson said: "Google does not itself blur satellite imagery.

"Google Earth is built from a broad range of imagery providers, including public, government, commercial and private sector sources – some of which may blur images before they supply it to us."

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