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A comment on Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills from other people's homes. Parent comment

Re:Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills fro... by CamperBob2 on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:32PM (#21941158)
Yes, that's my point. I have a right to do that, and so do you, and so do Amazon, Google, and the CIA.

See, that's the idea behind the word "public." Nobody has to ask user lm28469 on Hacker News for permission to take photos in public.

This is a good thing.

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Re:Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills fro... by distances on Thursday January 02, 2020 @09:33PM (#21942540)
Depends on jurisdiction. Dash cams are illegal in many countries.
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Re:Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills fro... by CamperBob2 on Saturday January 04, 2020 @05:40PM (#21958127)
True, only the police are allowed to run dash cams in those countries. We could also mention the trend toward berserk copyright laws that have much the same effect. [1]

And these are not good things. Both communal and private interests end up worse off in the long run with laws like these.

1: https://www.asmp.org/copyright-tutorial/photos-public-buildi...

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