News - Police release Google Street View image in bid to crack crime

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Coincidental image could solve theft.

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They should send the photo to CSI, they'll be able to reconstitute the number plate.

They only need a single pixel to do that! xD

Google software blurs number plates, but do they keep the original unaltered image ?

I was wondering that myself. Came to the conclusion that they must get rid of the original image, or it wouldn't make much sense blurring it in the first place - okay it's not on public display, but people probably don't want their faces on a google server, irrespective of who can start looking.

Could be wrong though.