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Re:All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 by matt4077 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @06:56AM (#15071184)
"That's unreasonable" isn't an argument. What's reasonable is decided by society. New technologies may change what's possible, and make something that was ok before the means to achieve something entirely new.

If, for example, these gadgets, or existing security cameras started to pool their data, run (accurate) face-detection on it, and start publicising everyones' location history online, I'm pretty sure most people would object to that–even those that previously had no problem with their image being recorded by the CCTV at the gas station, or the tourist taking a photo that included them.

Re:All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 by imaginenore on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @09:41AM (#15072248)
It is an argument, what a "reasonable person" thinks is a standard judicial system consideration

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_person

You have no expectation of privacy in a public space, and the courts have agreed with that many times

https://www.wired.com/2010/09/public-privacy/

Re:All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 by jforman on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:21AM (#15073266)
That's far more simplistic than what the law actually says (where "law" is the collection of statutes and judicial interpretations).

As an example:

http://resources.uscannenbergmedia.com/2016/08/videotaping-a...

"Remember, even if you’re in public, you cannot record conversations between two people unless you have their permission. This includes conversations that you’re one of the parties to. If one person in the conversation can reasonably expect his or her conversation to be confidential, this standard applies."

If you're having a private conversation in a public park, then it is probably illegal for somebody else to record you.

Driving is a different question. Personally I think since a license plate is literally meant to publicly identify your car, a reasonable person should expect it to be recorded. But my guess is this will go to SCOTUS at some point, since privacy is increasingly being invaded in unanticipated ways by private companies.

Re:All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 by nhaehnle on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @01:26PM (#15074541)
That's not really a response to matt4077's argument, which is that what a "reasonable person" may think can change based on changed circumstances such as development of new technological possibilities.
Re:All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 by garrettlangley on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @02:46PM (#15075284)
each neighborhood owns their data and they would have to opt-in to any type of data sharing between neighborhoods.

our goal isn't to build a big-brother system. we believe that if you are on a public road there isn't a perceived expectation of privacy.