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A Country's laws have to stop applying at some point - they can't apply to everything 'above' that country at that time. To do so would lead to absurdities like
by paranoidrobot 7y ago
A Country's laws have to stop applying at some point - they can't apply to everything 'above' that country at that time. To do so would lead to absurdities like settlements on the moon/mars shifting legal zones many times per day as that country rotates into view.
I'd think that a reasonable limit would be the point above a planet where you can maintain a stable orbit for some length of time.
- DennisP 7y agoThe targets of the surveillance and the people running the surveillance are both in country. It's ridiculous to say it's fine just because the cameras are outside the border. If Elon Musk launched a laser satellite and started vaporizing Tesla short-sellers, would we say he's not guilty of murder?