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I'm with you. But I'd also be worried about coming off as the angriest (or most paranoid) guy on earth. I probably already hold the title in my family. What wo

I'm with you. But I'd also be worried about coming off as the angriest (or most paranoid) guy on earth. I probably already hold the title in my family. What would be neat is a polite discreet social signal that politely discreetly signaled this to people with a camera. If you did it right, you might also get rich in a Pet Rock sort of way.

jacquesm 9y ago
I've had exactly one run-in over 10 years or so about this with someone who did not believe me when I told him to delete a picture of me he just took. Other than that everybody seems to understand just fine.
- Demiurge 9y ago
  I know only one coworker who understands this concern. No one else seems to care, and the girl I am dating, who is quite technical, has been very suspicious and saddened by me not wanting to put up any pictures of us together. It was basically I relent or something is really wrong, so I gave up. This is the world we live in.
- sib 9y ago
  If you "told me" to delete a picture that included you that I had taken in a public place, I would "tell you" no. If you politely asked, I would generally delete the picture, depending on whether or not there was a reason that I felt I wanted the picture and whether or not there was a way to reproduce the picture without you in it. For example, if Bigfoot had run through the frame while I was taking the picture, I'd be less likely to delete it.
  - jacquesm 9y ago
    If you took a picture with me accidentally in the frame that would be one thing, and I could not care less about it. If you purposefully made a picture of me and refused to delete it things could get interesting.
    - jakebasile 9y ago
      I'm curious what you mean by "get interesting"? What would you do in such a situation?
    - sib 9y ago
      In the country where I live (the US), I have every right to take a picture in a public place with you in it, even if you are the primary subject. I can even publish such a picture on a blog, Facebook, Instagram, etc., pretty much anywhere as long as I am not using it for advertising purposes. I'd be very interested to learn what "things could get interesting" means - as would the police, depending on the definition of "interesting."
breakpointalpha 9y ago
I thought I was weird for getting irritated when my gf's mom sticks a camera in my face unannounced.

jacquesm 9y ago

I've had exactly one run-in over 10 years or so about this with someone who did not believe me when I told him to delete a picture of me he just took. Other than that everybody seems to understand just fine.

Demiurge 9y ago
I know only one coworker who understands this concern. No one else seems to care, and the girl I am dating, who is quite technical, has been very suspicious and saddened by me not wanting to put up any pictures of us together. It was basically I relent or something is really wrong, so I gave up. This is the world we live in.
sib 9y ago
If you "told me" to delete a picture that included you that I had taken in a public place, I would "tell you" no. If you politely asked, I would generally delete the picture, depending on whether or not there was a reason that I felt I wanted the picture and whether or not there was a way to reproduce the picture without you in it. For example, if Bigfoot had run through the frame while I was taking the picture, I'd be less likely to delete it.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  If you took a picture with me accidentally in the frame that would be one thing, and I could not care less about it. If you purposefully made a picture of me and refused to delete it things could get interesting.
  - jakebasile 9y ago
    I'm curious what you mean by "get interesting"? What would you do in such a situation?
  - sib 9y ago
    In the country where I live (the US), I have every right to take a picture in a public place with you in it, even if you are the primary subject. I can even publish such a picture on a blog, Facebook, Instagram, etc., pretty much anywhere as long as I am not using it for advertising purposes. I'd be very interested to learn what "things could get interesting" means - as would the police, depending on the definition of "interesting."

breakpointalpha 9y ago

I thought I was weird for getting irritated when my gf's mom sticks a camera in my face unannounced.