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It still puzzles me that people feel like their legal privacy was violated by the info gathering. The wifi was broadcasting, they were in public, they recorded

It still puzzles me that people feel like their legal privacy was violated by the info gathering. The wifi was broadcasting, they were in public, they recorded some data. If this is illegal, I don't think it should be. Its analagous to taking pictures of people in public. Its in public. They're just standing there with an antenna. Granted, it seems a bit creepy, and I don't fault people for feeling violated. But legal action seems silly. (I know that laws may be different in these various countries - I'm saying that this _shouldn't_ be illegal if it is)

quant18 16y ago
Its analagous to taking pictures of people in public. Its in public . .. I know that laws may be different in these various countries - I'm saying that this _shouldn't_ be illegal if it is Well, since you bring up the photography analogy ... average Koreans are a lot more sensitive than Americans to being randomly captured in others' photographs/videos, especially if those photos will later be published/broadcast in mass media. And Korean law backs them up on their desire for privacy, to certain extent (not as much as commonly believed, though). One photographer's take on it, including translation of some of the relevant sections of Korean laws and various anecdotes of the troubles it's caused him in his work: http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2007/01/korean_photo_pa.html http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2...
ewams 16y ago
I don't understand why I was arrested for driving off with a new BMW that was parked in the street. It even came with a baby in the back! Lucky for me the keys were in the ignition and the door was open.
- sorbus 16y ago
  Stealing a car is not the same as recording a conversation.
- moxiemk1 16y ago
  Passively standing in the vicinity of a BMW doesn't let you drive it. Passively standing in a Wifi network space lets you transcribe the traffic. You don't change the system (in a loose sense) by recording the signals or not, while stealing the BMW, you do.

quant18 16y ago

Its analagous to taking pictures of people in public. Its in public . .. I know that laws may be different in these various countries - I'm saying that this _shouldn't_ be illegal if it is Well, since you bring up the photography analogy ... average Koreans are a lot more sensitive than Americans to being randomly captured in others' photographs/videos, especially if those photos will later be published/broadcast in mass media. And Korean law backs them up on their desire for privacy, to certain extent (not as much as commonly believed, though). One photographer's take on it, including translation of some of the relevant sections of Korean laws and various anecdotes of the troubles it's caused him in his work: http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2007/01/korean_photo_pa.html http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2...

ewams 16y ago

I don't understand why I was arrested for driving off with a new BMW that was parked in the street. It even came with a baby in the back! Lucky for me the keys were in the ignition and the door was open.

sorbus 16y ago
Stealing a car is not the same as recording a conversation.
moxiemk1 16y ago
Passively standing in the vicinity of a BMW doesn't let you drive it. Passively standing in a Wifi network space lets you transcribe the traffic. You don't change the system (in a loose sense) by recording the signals or not, while stealing the BMW, you do.