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Re:Roc Camera by jstimpfle on Friday October 24, 2025 @05:41AM (#45692735)
There are people who can "take a picture of you" just by looking at you for a second. They have you memorized after that.

I believe the usual approach is that in general, if you're in a public space, you accept pictures may be taken of you. But it depends on the context. If you're a bystander in your city while tourists are fotographing places of interest for example, and you make it into the picture, then that will hardly be a problem in any practical legislation. Most legislations probably allow for pictures taken of you even without you being asked explicitly, as long as certain rights are not violated.

Re:Roc Camera by lynx97 on Friday October 24, 2025 @05:50AM (#45692795)
People with photographic memory can't just upload their memories to the Internet. So that comparison is pretty much worthless.
Re:Roc Camera by volemo on Friday October 24, 2025 @06:27AM (#45693068)
Artists with photographic memory can. And in the modern world of computational photography and gen AI what even is the difference between a photo and drawing?
Re:Roc Camera by v9v on Friday October 24, 2025 @06:36AM (#45693143)
The difference is time, effort and scalability. There are many things that humans can do that society doesn't strictly regulate, because as human activities they are done in limited volumes. When it becomes possible to automate some of these activities at scale, different sorts of risks and consequences may become a part of the activity.
Re:Roc Camera by jstimpfle on Friday October 24, 2025 @05:32PM (#45699325)
Just taking a photo using a digital device doesn't imply uploading it either. I'm sure most jurisdictions clearly differentiate between these.