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Why is that problematic? Individuals are allowed to capture photos and footage in public spaces, and there isn't an expectation of privacy there. I don't see wh

• nitrogen 5y ago
  expectation of privacy People keep using this phrase as if it's binary. I 100% expect that when I go in public, there isn't someone following me with a notebook, keeping a log of everything I do. I also expect that someone won't walk up into my face and take a picture of me without asking.
  • munk-a 5y ago
    But why won't anyone think of the poor paparazzi that need to be able to take awful photos of people in public so they can destroy people's reputation? It might be nice if we gave public figures a bit more privacy through this whole process.
• feanaro 5y ago
  > without that the cost to actually apprehend a criminal is so high that we might as well not have laws for many crimes. Which crimes are those? Perhaps it's a sign that they shouldn't be considered crimes after all? Whatever those crimes are, we've apparently successfully lived with them prior to the advent of modern mass surveillance technology so it can't be that bad.
• Vrondi 5y ago
  Any crime that is not worth having humans investigate is not worth disrupting a suspected criminal's life. If it isn't worth the cost to society, then society should leave it alone. Due process should be owed to every single citizen, and disrupting their lives should be considered worth the cost.
• atoav 5y ago
  You are not allowed to take a photograph of people in Germany if they are recognizable as individuals.