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If you are in public, there is nothing you can do about being recorded. You should assume that the only place you will find true privacy is in your own home.
by aa-jv 4y ago
If you are in public, there is nothing you can do about being recorded. You should assume that the only place you will find true privacy is in your own home. Beyond that the expectation of privacy is unreasonable.
- dereg 4y agoAmazon is chipping away at the idea that one should expect privacy on their own home.
- walthamstow 4y agoOnly if you buy their garbage products, no?
- aa-jv 4y agoYeah, anyone who brings an Amazon device into their home and expects privacy, deserves what happens to them. Says so right in the license.
- CapitalistCartr 4y agoUnfortunately, most of my friends and family have added various "home automation" devices. I have given up on being surprised at Siri or Alexa suddenly answering them, whether I'm visiting or on the phone. It seems everyone's on thd bandwagon.
- tluyben2 4y agoNote that in, for instance, Spain and in public this would not be allowed without permission of the people you are photographing or filming. Depending on the case, the fines are quite out there. So you can demand people from not filming you in public spaces, deleting the recordings or get the police involved. Not that many people do, but I have seen it happen. Seems France has similar rules so probably more countries.
- aa-jv 4y agoThere are some nuances to this law - you can take peoples photos if they are in the way of your landscape/panorama/something else you are attempting to photograph. You need their permission to publish it, however. I personally don't agree with the Spaniards on this position. Its also illegal to photograph police in Spain - this is not a law I agree with one bit. Public officials should be public, always.
- geoduck14 4y ago>Public officials should be public, always. By and large, I agree with the sentiment that "we should be allowed to video cops", but public officials includes people like the DMV - those people should be allowed privacy when they aren't doing their job.
- aa-jv 4y agoI don't agree. Public officials should be able to operate in the public. If they can't, they're not qualified for the job. Too many times our public positions are occupied by bureaucrats who would wither at any oversight of their work. If you work in the public interest, expect public attention.
- tluyben2 4y agoI am against not filming the police and indeed it makes injustice happen. Seems not as rife as the US, however that might be because it is less reported, I do not know. I think police should at least have functional body cams at all times, by law and if they did not function at a moment of a crime, they should have to explain that or get fined or fired depending. Watching American shows about police with bodycams and citizens filming makes me more convinced that that at least should be allowed.
- thehappypm 4y agoEuropeans are not used to the level of freedoms that Americans have, and Americans should not be eager to give them up.