I think most people would agree that a photographer can, let's say, photograph houses on a residential street. Setting up a long time-lapse on the sidewalk migh

I think most people would agree that a photographer can, let's say, photograph houses on a residential street. Setting up a long time-lapse on the sidewalk might attract a few questions and some conversation, but I'd guess most people would be cool with it, and it's probably also pretty clearly within the spirit of the law(s). But pointing it directly across the street at a particular house and leaving it there for days, weeks, months on end would probably attract some kind of negative attention from the homeowner, especially if you told them you were live-streaming to the internet (password-protected/encrypted or not). I'm no lawyer, but, to me, that feels closer to sitting outside their house for days like a detective in an 80's movie than photographing public happenings.