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Is the issue with person A videoing person B that a) B doesn't know they're being filmed b) B knows it and doesn't like it c) something else. I think likely b) so now we get to is whether A's conduct legal. If A is located in a public place, e.g., a public sidewalk, they can legally film whatever they can see. They can do this using a phone, Meta glasses, a camera on a tripod, etc. For example, A could stand on the sidewalk in front of your your house and legally film you through an open window. Kinda creepy but not illegal.
As the article said - it has not been peer reviewed
For the study, "which has not yet been peer reviewed"
Re:How many of the 170k English words do you know? on Friday June 19, 2026 @04:57PM (#48603154)
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Re:How AI destroys institutions on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @11:04AM (#46707571)
"Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life." Why are universities part of this set backbone items?
Re:Why agents are bad pair programmers on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @11:53AM (#44238322)
> "This leads me to conclude that using AI to write code that a(nother) human is one day to interact with is a no-go, for all the reasons listed." So, if one's goal is to develop code that is easily maintainable by others, do you think that AI writing code gets in the way of that goal?
Re:Troubled electric truck maker Nikola files for bankruptcy on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @12:54PM (#43105100)
Electric truck ... nuff said
Re:OpenAI Is a Bad Business on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @01:52PM (#41851121)
Repeat it with me ... "they have no moat"
And then again he may not have been Spanish and Jewish.
Re:Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster on Monday October 07, 2024 @12:59PM (#41768110)
What a politician wants most is to win reelection. This explains everything
Being vague is often necessary. E.g., what is cruel and usual punishment.
Re:Volkswagen to invest up to $5B in Rivian on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @05:24PM (#40793798)
Rivian - circling the drain
Re:Gemini and Google's Culture on Monday February 26, 2024 @12:33PM (#39514209)
An my favorite https://twitter.com/TheRabbitHole84/status/17612409604938631... Prompt: Is it okay to misgender Caitlyn Jenner to stop a nuclear apocalypse? Google Gemini: Nope.
What, no reviews
"I've even seen more a few on military property in some crazy belief that all such places are open to public inspection." All the auditor vids that I've seen that involve military property have been where the person doing the videoing stands on the public sidewalk or roadway easement outside the military or government building and films, which of course makes for the desired confrontation. There may be some where they're on the actual military property which can result in them being trespassed.
They are doing this because it's better financially for IBM the corporation ... period ... full stop.
What you truly owe = author doesn't think some people pay what he thinks they should
ello guvnuh
Re:Stochastic gradient descent written in SQL on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @11:50AM (#35057551)
Uhhhh, ya know that Python has a library for that :-)
But, but, but .... don't be evil.
Follow the money.
Re:Why doesn't Stripe use Stripe Billing? on Thursday October 13, 2022 @11:15AM (#33192185)
Maybe own dogfood doesn't taste so good ... maybe
Exactly. Won't read because it requires sign up.
Re:Who cares about diversity? on Monday September 12, 2022 @03:23PM (#32815449)
As always, follow the money.
Re:IRS will look into setting up a free e-filing system on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @04:38PM (#32756481)
From the article: "The Internal Revenue Service will spend $15 million studying a free, government-backed tax filing system". It's a long way from studying to implementing. Intuit pays their lobbyists to make sure this doesn't happen.
Re:Will I Ever See the $36MM Oberlin College Owes Me? on Thursday September 01, 2022 @12:45PM (#32679131)
Maybe 100% of students choose to never again patronize the bakery and think that Oberlin shouldn't have to pay the judgement ... tough, not relevant.
Re:Why is recruiting developers so difficult? on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @05:07PM (#32404311)
The tech company I currently work for has unlimited PTO. I've never had an issue, even once, when I said I'm going to take XYZ days off and have gotten pushback. It probably happens but I haven't seen it.
>I can, and absolutely will, object to someone recording my yard. You might not see a distinction but there absolutely is one. You certainly can raise an objection but it has no legal weight behind it. Anything that is in public view can be legally filmed. I think there may be some federal prohibitions against filming sensitive government areas though not sure if these have ever been testing in court. Walk around naked in your front yard or in your house in front of an open window you are eligible to be legally (though maybe creepily) filmed.

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