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There are vague federal anti-terrorism statues that disallow photography of "critical infrastructure". Mostly used by guards to bully anybody they are suspicio
by jandrese 3y ago
There are vague federal anti-terrorism statues that disallow photography of "critical infrastructure". Mostly used by guards to bully anybody they are suspicious of for whatever reason. You probably won't be affected by these unless you happen to look middle eastern or dark skinned. These laws also are also applied inconsistently to bridges, power plants, dams, government buildings, and the like.
- schoen 3y agoI'm not dark-skinned or Middle Eastern, but I was stopped and questioned by transit police at Penn Station in New York for taking a photo of an OS error message on a train status monitor. About 2010 or so? They seemed to be alarmed by anyone taking an unconventional interest in station infrastructure.
- appplication 3y agoIs it considered terrorism if you fix their BSOD
- tialaramex 3y agoI'm surprised that happened in Penn Station because I'd expect New York has enough nerds that Police are used to the fact that yeah, there are infrastructure nerds, and they think BSODs are worth photographing, and some of them are connected. I guess it depends what "stopped and questioned" means. I've had cops stop me and informally ask me about stuff and it didn't bother me, whereas if they wanna see my ID, search my stuff, now I have a problem with it and I want proper paperwork because somebody is getting a formal complaint.
- selimthegrim 3y agoThis is India, most people are dark-skinned.
- flangola7 3y agoIndia colorism and casteism is sometimes worse than most racism in western culture.
- selimthegrim 3y agoWhen high caste neighbor of my great-grandfather in Gulbarga used to treat him as outcaste when he touched her pots and water jugs it was because he was Muslim (well, Ahmedi more specifically, but Muslim as far as she was concerned)