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Why the airplane romance that went viral should worry everyone
- sjdbwixb 8y agoI don't see how anyone's privacy was invaded here.
- endorphone 8y agoYou have an extraordinarily limited notion of what privacy is.
- paulcole 8y agoMaybe a more modern notion? For better or worse society’s definition of privacy is definitely changing.
- musage 8y agoSociety is not a person, it doesn't have a definition. It's just an abstract excuse used by actual individuals. If you want to propose, as a person, a particular notion of privacy, do so.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoYes, that's a problem. It's a question of scale, nowadays you can broadcast whatever you like to an audience of millions. Not that you should. The law addresses questions of scale, though. If you call your ex you are a sad case. If you call her 100s of times a day you are a stalker and different rules apply.
- Sir_Substance 8y ago>For better or worse society’s definition of privacy is definitely changing. That's a matter of perception. You perceive it to be changing. I don't know anyone who would willingly be on the receiving end of what this woman suffered. I do not see societies definition of privacy changing. I see a small group of needy people using using loopholes in the law to harm others in order to re-enforce their own ego. The law is slowly catching up with the digital age. We'll outlaw all this stuff eventually. Unfortunately, most of this is falling to case law and case law is very reactive, so in general someone has to be badly harmed for each loophole to be closed. Still, we'll make it. In the mean time, it's important to enact community punishment on the trespassers. The woman who did this did it because she is looking for employment. On the off chance that she comes asking to anyone on hacker news: If you care about privacy, do not hire her, and tell her it is because she treats others badly.
- musage 8y agoMaybe that would make it okay to do it to you, but even then it doesn't justify it being done to anyone but you.
- jaclaz 8y agoSee if these other articles help you in seeing where the problem might be: http://www.businessinsider.com/planebae-saga-woman-privacy-anonymity-2018-7?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/planebae-saga-woman-privacy-a... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/07/unidentified-plane-bae-womans-statement-confirms-the-worst/565139/?single_page=true https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/07/unide... Discussion on the latter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17534985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17534985
- masonic 8y agoAlaska Airlines called what Blair did a "good deed" and offered her a free flight. T-Mobile offered Blair free Wi-Fi. ... and thus ends my patronage of both of these corporations. T-mobile already pissed me off this week by dumping that 1700 megabyte Android 9 update on all of my Galaxy S7 over mobile data in the middle of the night without warning despite my account being set to disallow that, and reverting all security updates back to April in the process.
- Sir_Substance 8y agoFortunately, the law isn't based on your narcissistic point of view. "Overzealous surveillance, even if it occurs in public, may give rise to intrusion claims or, in some cases, harassment or stalking suits." Source: https://www.rcfp.org/browse-media-law-resources/digital-journalists-legal-guide/liability-intrusive-or-harassing-newsgath https://www.rcfp.org/browse-media-law-resources/digital-jour...
- projektir 8y agoWow, this is awful. :/ Of course, something like this is likely already rampant in less friendly environments (i.e., schools).
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- jknz 8y agoIf the airline was identified by the tweets, they should have stepped in, call the pilots/flight attendants to stop this madness. It seems it would be easy for the victims to sue either the airline or the two perpetrators. Suing the airline might be safer to prevent doxxing by the 1M followers who somehow find this entertaining.
- accnumnplus1 8y agoThe fact that it went viral is unfortunate. The whole thing was a non-story (two people meet, wow) with big pink headlines and two giddy voyeurs. The only thing worth noting was the marketing aspect.
- r00fus 8y agoIt didn't "go viral " it was shoved onto the scene by a very nosy self-promoter who piggybacked on the popularity. I'd say it's the same as illegally profiting off other people's experiences without their consent.
- Simulacra 8y agoMy greatest fear is becoming a meme or going viral for the wrong reasons. I feel terrible for this woman. She did not ask for her privacy to be invaded, or her personal life to go viral. In the future it would be best to avoid barging into peoples lives, printing their personal conversations and life for all to see, critique, and humiliate. That's what journalists are for.
- alecco 8y ago> My greatest fear is becoming a meme or going viral for the wrong reasons Generation Z in a nutshell.
- dwaltrip 8y agoIs such uninvited photography legal? A stranger takes your photograph without your permission or knowledge for multiple hours... sounds a lot like stalking.