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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by SassyBird on Friday July 05, 2024 @08:22PM (#40887239)
If you avoid the slightest possibility of unpleasant and pointless confrontations, then you’re going to lead a very dull life. I sometimes photograph random people. Never has anyone had an issue with that. Sometimes they approach me and we have a chat. That’s all that happens. I’ve had more chances of being hit by a car than anyone having an issue with me taking pictures of them. Boils down not being a dick about it.
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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by AlbertCory on Friday July 05, 2024 @10:54PM (#40887867)
"I'm not an animal in the zoo." how about that?

You are being a dick by taking my picture without permission. That's what it boils down to.

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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by Mountain_Skies on Friday July 05, 2024 @08:38PM (#40887310)
When we were travelling in the Andes, we were warned multiple times to not take photographs of local peoples without their permission as they could take offense. Seems like a reasonable position but should the wishes of people in the Andes be respected while those of people in Europe ignored? If so, why?
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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by SassyBird on Friday July 05, 2024 @08:46PM (#40887344)
Is it standard for people in the Andes to take offence at people taking pictures of them? I don’t know, maybe it is, haven’t been there. It is not in Europe.
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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by jorvi on Saturday July 06, 2024 @02:07AM (#40888459)
Err.. what?

If you walk up to a random European on the street and start taking photos of specifically them, they’ll get agitated real quick.

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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by SassyBird on Saturday July 06, 2024 @07:55AM (#40889865)
Thanks for taking the most uncharitable interpretation of what I wrote possible. It’s so productive.
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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by phito on Saturday July 06, 2024 @04:21AM (#40888978)
I would think you're a dick if I saw you taking pictures of me without asking. Also, a creep.
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