I would be upset as well. It seems like a thoughtless thing to do. But if you use a real estate photo, you know you are publishing all your details here, so I think it's just rude, not an invasion of privacy.

Yes I would! Had I wanted to post that information for sharing more pictures I would have done it myself! I know it's very simple to do a picture search and find the listing I have done that but I would never be so presumptuous to post any pictures or links that the person had not not seen fit to post themselves. Definitely not cool.

I think I would have no right to get steamed over something I posted on the internet that included an identifiable piece of info. One should have no assumptions of privacy when they post such info on the public internet.

Since the real estate information is already "out there", I don't think it's an invasion of privacy for the pro to have shared it, but I don't think it was very considerate (and actually rather poor judgment) to have done so without asking the OP if they wanted it shared in the forum.

If I posted a picture from a real estate listing I wouldn't expect any privacy at all. However if someone posted a picture they took themselves and then someone tried to ferret out the info where that came from then I would be more incensed.

It's my understanding that in the US, anyone can legally take a pic of any home from the road, sidewalk, median or other public area and post it anywhere they like, just as they can take a pic of you in the grocery store or wherever and post it. What they cannot do is post a pic of your house and say something inflammatory, like inciting people to break your windows because of your view on xyz or what you did to them, then it veers into slander and/or libel territory at the very least.

My pic posting story: several years ago a neighbor was having a party, and one of the attendees came over to our house and said, OMG, I know your house, it's on pinterest under something like wacky color schemes (haha, it kind of is). I don't have, and have never had, a pinterest account, so I didn't post it, but I have posted pics other places, like here, so it was snagged and posted on pinterest. I thought it was hysterical, especially cuz the poster evidently posted it as a cautionary tale of exterior combos gone wrong (that's my name for it, I have no idea what the thread was actually called).

Not everyone know that if you post one photo from a RE listing - even if it's not linked but saved to your own computer - a reverse google search will pull up the listing. The kinder thing would have been for the *pro* (I have really come to hate that term) to contact the OP directly and tell her she is making her information public.

I would not expect privacy if I posted a publicly available picture of my home. However, I would be furious if someone else dared have the nerve to add to my post, more pictures of my home. THAT is the invasion of privacy for me.

Funny story, too: Someone posted a pic of my remodeled bathroom, found on Houzz or elsewhere (that I'd posted years ago in Bathrooms) as an example of how she DIDN"T want her bathroom tower to look.

Thank you all for your perspectives. I didn't know if I was overreacting--what is legal is not always comfortable. If the pro needed more info to give advice, she could have asked for more pics, and she could have viewed the pics without posting a link. The OP later posted other interior pics of the area in question. It was the outing of the address that bothered me most.

Just posting an interior pic, I would not expect anyone to find my address, let alone post it in a link.

I once found a pic of my cabinet door shirred curtains (which I made), being used to advertise 'goose curtains' on a Chinese website. The curtains are solid light green.

Exactly Mama Goose. Posting a photo these days can even lead one to be able to geo-locate the source if one really wants to dig enough. Giving away the address just begs trouble IMO. Too much PPI out there as it is without worrying about someone else giving out your personal info.

When I posted my exterior house pic asking for color advice, I altered and did an image search on it before I actually posted it, to avoid anyone being able to trace it back to my address. And I used a pic from my old not-smart camera, not from my phone that might geo tag it.

I don't know if it is an invasion of privacy, though. The reality is that people CAN do image searches and if you post a pic of your house, at best you only have the illusion of privacy. If the pro hadn't posted the info, many people on this board and on the internet could have done the search themselves. I've done it in with other posts where someone posted a pic of their new house, or one they were considering buying. So is it invading someone's privacy when it wasn't private to begin with (though the OP might not have realized that)? I don't think it is, but can understand that it might be an uncomfortable way for someone to find out.

Just posting an interior pic, I would not expect anyone to find my address, let alone post it in a link.

I totally agree , just because you CAN do something does NOT make appropriate to do so.

Yes, the poster's address was probably outed. That was a very uncool thing for the pro to do.

Breech of privacy, rude and most uncool.

It reminds me of someone I know who is house hunting and researching personal details on the homeowners. Sure, we all know you can do it-- but if you do, keep it to your own self!! Sharing it is rude and creepy.

Respect is something I highly value-- but there's so damn little of it these days.

I agree, not a good idea.

As far as privacy, funny story. When i would drive my kids to friend's houses, often I would need to google the address for directions. But of course, you then also get the sales history of their home, their taxes, their zoning board appeals, etc etc.

Once, I needed to drop off DD at a friend's and I had to look up an address by last name and town. When I did, next thing I am reading about the Mom's federal conviction under the Patriot Act. LOL OMG. I can't go into detail without giving something away, and it wasn't anything that actually concerned me, but I can only imagine what that must feel like!

Now that I think about it, years ago I participated in a garden exchange (flower bulbs), so the recipient had my address. I was unpleasantly surprised when she later emailed that she thought the area in which I live was very nice. At the time, I didn't know that it was possible to find a google satellite image of my property, but at least the image of the front of my house was not in the info. Street view has since been added.

#1 rule of the Internets or any SOCIAL MEDIA: PRIVACY IS NOT A THING!!!

There is NO ASSUMPTION OF PRIVACY!!!! It is a risk ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!

"Just because we can doesn't mean we should" covers A LOT of ills in today's society IMHO!!!!!