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As long as privacy is not a granted right that enables you to sue offenders, there's not much you can do. The EU has at least started to realize the issue but g
by kleiba 4y ago
As long as privacy is not a granted right that enables you to sue offenders, there's not much you can do. The EU has at least started to realize the issue but giving the speed of technology vs. the pace of administration, it might be a losing battle.
- arbitrage 4y agoRights grant you the ability to sue others? Interesting take.
- matthewmcg 4y agoSue others or the government. A right without a remedy isn't really a useful right.
- pc86 4y agoI mean, it makes sense. If you have the "right" to $THING, but you have no redress if someone denies you $THING, you don't really have a right to it.
- aqfamnzc 4y agoFor violating those rights? Yeah, I would think so...
- kwhitefoot 4y agoThe use of dash cams is effectively illegal in Austria on privacy grounds: https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/152064/are-dash-cams-illegal-in-austria https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/152064/are-dash-c...
- genewitch 4y agohilariously, most dashcams don't have the optical fidelity to read plates consistently anyhow.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoAnd banning the use of dash cams also results in good drivers subsidizing bad drivers.
- mig39 4y agoSupposed to be illegal in Portugal too. But I've been using different dashcams in Portugal for 6 or 7 years now, and nobody's ever commented on them.
- beej71 4y agoThis is a very foreign concept to me in the US. Even though I do think we have a right to privacy from the government, there's something to be said for allowing private citizens to record whatever they want in public.
- kleiba 4y ago"Your freedom ends where my nose begins."