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When you walk in the street, do you choose whether I see your or not? Why shouldn't consent be necessary in that case, but should be in others? EDIT: Who sets
by miguelrochefort 13y ago
When you walk in the street, do you choose whether I see your or not? Why shouldn't consent be necessary in that case, but should be in others?
EDIT: Who sets the limit between what is implicitly private and public? Let's say I made the decision to add thermal vision to my left eye, and happen to see what you do inside your house. Am I hurting your privacy?
- RBerenguel 13y agoPublic/private situation, obviously. When I'm making a phone call from my home (or business!) to another persons' phone, I'm not in the public.
- scotty79 13y agoObviously. But it's only because historically people couldn't listen to it without serious effort and if they did that it usually had malicious intent. If your phonecall is as easy and neutral to observe as your face or height when you show up on the street you can no longer expect it to remain private. Same way you coldn't expect conversation between two distant parties to be private before phone was invented an it could only be performed by shouting. Taking a dump wasn't private act before toiled was invented and probably it won't again be when cameras will be as small as dust particles self powered wireless and everywhere. Privacy of actions is noT some philosophical absolute. It's just function of what technology is available to how many people.
- RBerenguel 13y agoPersonal communication has thought to be private since ancient times. Emissaries were expected to deliver notes to the recipient without reading or tinkering with them in any way. And it goes a far way as communication goes, since mail (the paper, clay, stone, wax or whatever thing) has been assumed to be private since those times. Also, I don't think my face or height are adequate analogies when playing against my wages, food preferences and trade secrets. All these details can easily give unfair advantage to "other parties" whereas my face or height couldn't help much except deciding I'm likely no good at basketball
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- denzil_correa 13y ago> Who sets the limit between what is implicitly private and public? Common sense. In most cases, it resolves the issue. Yes - if you are snooping on me inside my house, you are hurting my privacy.
- EliRivers 13y agoYes, I can choose that. I can wear a mask. I can walk around in public and nobody has any idea who I am.