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For me if the camera is a networked computer then I will refuse having my picture taken by it (of course this is futile but I will break most etiquette and acce

For me if the camera is a networked computer then I will refuse having my picture taken by it (of course this is futile but I will break most etiquette and accept being labelled rude and unfair to follow my beliefs here). Of course I try to be symmetric, I never take pictures of anything with my own networked computer. It is absolutely incredible how entitled people are when it comes to taking group pictures. If you want to draw me then I will sit still for however long you want. If you have a polaroid or something like that then go nuts, etc. It's not really about privacy because it's not really a useful way to preserve my privacy, however, it is kind of about privacy since making this distinction (that no one seems to be aware of / willing to make) sometimes reaches people and gets them thinking.

r00fus 6y ago
It's amazing how this impacts even schools - I refused to sign off for my kid's class post pictures on Instagram (owned by FB), so they just ask her to stay out of the group pictures. I mean, they have a locally hosted hub for photos - called memberhub (it's primitive, but functional), but the teacher & school insist that I need to authorize them to post to Instagram if she's in the group pics. My kids are understanding but feel left out. It sucks. I'm not so paranoid about digital photos, but I draw the line at them getting fed into a facial recognition AI.
- ValentineC 6y ago
  > but the teacher & school insist that I need to authorize them to post to Instagram if she's in the group pics. It's ridiculous that students are now forced to be part of a school's marketing, or get excluded from class activities.
  - r00fus 6y ago
    It's not so much that I object to the marketing (if there is any). It's that they refuse to use any alternative to Instagram which sends my kids pics to be harvested by FB. There's a reason I have quit FB and never gotten on Insta. I mean, they do also take pictures for the yearbook which I'm ok with.

r00fus 6y ago

It's amazing how this impacts even schools - I refused to sign off for my kid's class post pictures on Instagram (owned by FB), so they just ask her to stay out of the group pictures. I mean, they have a locally hosted hub for photos - called memberhub (it's primitive, but functional), but the teacher & school insist that I need to authorize them to post to Instagram if she's in the group pics. My kids are understanding but feel left out. It sucks. I'm not so paranoid about digital photos, but I draw the line at them getting fed into a facial recognition AI.

ValentineC 6y ago
> but the teacher & school insist that I need to authorize them to post to Instagram if she's in the group pics. It's ridiculous that students are now forced to be part of a school's marketing, or get excluded from class activities.
- r00fus 6y ago
  It's not so much that I object to the marketing (if there is any). It's that they refuse to use any alternative to Instagram which sends my kids pics to be harvested by FB. There's a reason I have quit FB and never gotten on Insta. I mean, they do also take pictures for the yearbook which I'm ok with.