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Is it ever okay to film strangers in public? (www.vox.com)

submitted 3 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

ITT people quoting US law as a universal ethical standard

legal ≠ ethical

Get outta here with your "no expectation of privacy in public", that's a legal concept and has nothing to do with the question. Moreover, that's only the law in the US, not everywhere