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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by aniviacat on Friday July 05, 2024 @10:02PM (#40887695)
According to a lawsuit in 2020 [1] his friend is right.

From the lawsuit: "Ein gezieltes Fotografieren von fremden Personen ist auch dann unzulässig, wenn die Verwendung ausschließlich privaten Zwecken dienen soll."

Translation via DeepL: "Targeted photography of other people is not permitted even if the use is exclusively for private purposes."

[1] https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/NJRE0014656...

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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by interloxia on Saturday July 06, 2024 @04:32AM (#40889012)
I find it difficult to understand the boundaries of private rights in public spaces with rulings like that one.

It's not like Hamburg residents have the freedom to opt out of surveillance cameras. Even Street View is back.

I would hope that such cases would use rules around harassment instead of privacy laws for people in public spaces.

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Re:War on citizens: How the junta's VPN ban is strangling co... by throwaway290 on Saturday July 06, 2024 @05:11AM (#40889180)
How to tell what's targeted at you specifically and what's street photography art?
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