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Let's say you own a motorhome/caravan and it's kept on your drive. To determine whether you are away on holiday or not, all I need to do is drive by your house and compare what I see with what Street View shows.

I can take a 2hr drive through suburbia and draw up a nice list of homes whose residents are unlikely to be in when I come by again in the evening.




I take a pizza flyer, put it in front of your door. If it's still there next morning, I'm safe to go into your flat. No Google needed.




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