I can identify with that view somewhat.  What used to be the case was that people would heavily scrutinize, gossip, report, etc. what others were doing.  That was a tyranny of sorts too.  By having more photos, video, and social sharing of all kinds, a much wider range of life was exposed as being normal, harmless, tolerated, etc.  That trend is only going to continue.

The privacy laws in Europe seem good-hearted.  Hopefully they will turn out well.  Not sure that could work in the US, except by convention.

I've been a bit of a photographer for a long time.  There is a lot of psychology about things, and it has been evolving.  And there have been some funny missteps: Google Glass created a backlash while nobody cares at all if you have a GoPro running.  There is etiquette about taking someone's picture, with reactions varying widely.  One interesting detail is that if you aren't looking at someone, they generally don't care if you take their picture.  I have a few spherical cameras that I use as a tourist or in races.


On 9/21/16 10:42 AM, Tom wrote:
I disagree.

One cannot fight a tyranny (let's face it: a surveillance state is
indeed a tyranny) this way. For example, in the EU this kind of stuff is
just forbidden. And with whatever you might come up with, they'll criminalize
it, 0.1% of the "offenders" will be punished and the rest of the
populace will surrender.

Therefore, the one and only effective way to get back freedom is to
shutdown the tyranny. Maybe weapons are required, like in the US
independence war, maybe a massive amount of people is required, like we
east germans did in 1989.

Anything else are illusions.



Tom

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