Alibi: Use your phone as a dashcam and save the last 30 minutes when you need it

Re:Alibi: Use your phone as a dashcam and save the last 30 m... by timonoko on Saturday September 09, 2023 @09:03AM (#37444879)

"In Germany, the law prohibits the publication of recordings made by other people, road users and license plates."

Apropos, not related, but after the war victims of holocaust often recognized their tormentors from TV or from newspapers.

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Re:Alibi: Use your phone as a dashcam and save the last 30 m... by avidiax on Saturday September 09, 2023 @09:22AM (#37445066)

Not the case in Germany. You just can't post the videos to public places.

https://www.dw.com/en/dashcams-in-germany-permissible-in-cou...

Austria is supposedly completely illegal, but unless the police there will stop you for having one, I'd probably risk it. Perhaps courts wouldn't admit it as evidence, but insurance arbitration might, or it might at lease avoid an insurance fight altogether.

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Re:Alibi: Use your phone as a dashcam and save the last 30 m... by throwaway50605 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @09:52AM (#37445414)

The police in Austria will stop you for having one, and it's a 200+ EUR fine.

Showing your footage to an insurance company would make them obligated to report you to the police.

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Re:Alibi: Use your phone as a dashcam and save the last 30 m... by morsch on Sunday September 10, 2023 @04:37AM (#37454008)

No, dashcams that constantly take video while driving are illegal in Germany. Just recording, even if you don't publish it. Courts are still allowed to consider such illegally taken footage when considering a case. That's what the article you link to says.

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Re:Alibi: Use your phone as a dashcam and save the last 30 m... by idbehold on Saturday September 09, 2023 @09:24AM (#37445099)

Most dashcams are for resolving liability with authorities or insurance, not for publication.

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