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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah but the two party consent states for recording imply that it's in a private location, there is nothing stopping anyone from recording someone in a public location.

It doesn't matter what the Stateside law of indicates whether it's public or private, it's already been decided by the Supreme Court that recording in a public area is a protection that's given under the First Amendment. This right to record has been challenged a few times by state representatives such as the 2007 case in Massachusetts where it went up to the first district appeals court, and back in 2021 in the Fraiser versus Evan's case which went all the way up to the Supreme Court.

As a general rule of thumb, if you're in a public area there is no expectation of privacy so therefore anything goes, this protection generally includes someone standing in a private area recording an area that is considered a public area, and in some cases even include someone who is standing in a public area recording it supposed to private area due to lack of obstruction from that public area (such as someone standing on the street outside a house recording an unobstructed window)

But as you said IANAL

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That being said, because I realize I forgot to add this to the post. I am super against the entire idea of AI based goggles that's able to identify people in real time. That is such a violation of what should be basic privacy that honestly I think it's too far

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hope these get litigated to death or else people feel peer pressure at being an asshole for buying them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The future is getting a QR code tattooed on your forehead so the link bubble blocks your face, and machine learning thinks you're an avocado. I'm getting mine done tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What happens when QR codes are obsolete because some newer, smaller technology is in place?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You will be forced to have a mark on your wrist or forehead or you will not be allowed to buy or sell anything.

  • John c. 130 a.d.