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So I can take follow someone in public, take picture of them in public places from some distance, follow them into stores, see what they are spending and what t
by ssijak 5y ago
So I can take follow someone in public, take picture of them in public places from some distance, follow them into stores, see what they are spending and what they are using, etc. Store owners can have cameras, track the behaviour of customers, etc
But if I use a service which anonymously tracks which pages they opened on a website they voluntarily visited and are exploring, then I'm in trouble?
- vasco 5y agoYou're also in trouble if you send the data you collect by other methods without consent, to servers based in the USA for NSA to snoop around on and correlate with all their other data points. Unless your argument is "but how would they know about it", in which case that applies to any other crime.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoInstead you must give it to their European equivalents (which looks likely given the current state of affairs).
- vasco 5y agoYes, and NSA can read all communications anyway. This whole thing is a political issue not a technical one.
- xaedes 5y agoNo, you can't stalk people.
- ssijak 5y agoYou are not stalking, like doing it all the time. And you are not taking closeup in your face picture but from a distance. All that is not illegal in a lot of countries.
- Nekorosu 5y agoYou are in trouble in both cases.
- xaltsc 5y agoActually, none of that is legal (in France at least), except for cameras.
- argovaerts 5y agoStalking is illegal in every EU country, camera's need a permit and the customer tracking needs an opt-in in most countries or is just illegal
- southerntofu 5y agoIn most countries, you may take a photo including some person walking down public space. However, if you follow this person, aim your camera at this person specifically, or take several pictures of the same person it would be considered an infringement of their "right to image" if not criminal stalking.
- Bayart 5y agoWhat you're describing is very illegal in France, and you might have the police called on you or the person reacting aggressively if you're filming them like that. In fact there were a few incidents of that nature with Twitch streamers pointing their cameras at people and complaining online they were being mistreated by the locals.
- waffleiron 5y agohttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_consent_requirements https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_... This is a link I often check before traveling abroad regarding photography, and what is described is indeed illegal in France.
- Rygian 5y ago> if I use a service which anonymously tracks Wrong. Google Analytics (at least v3 by default) tracks IP addresses, which are considered personal information. [1] [1] https://www.cookielawinfo.com/anonymize-ip-in-google-analytics/ https://www.cookielawinfo.com/anonymize-ip-in-google-analyti...
- jen20 5y agoa) You can't do that. b) Your analogy does explain how creepy that desire is quite nicely.