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It’s hard to take your argument serious when you choose a pretty absurd example. You walk around the street with a pair of eyes on your face, but that doesn’t mean you can just bend over and look up people’s clothing.

The law clearly establishes a difference between capturing “normal” content in public and invading privacy.




Do the privacy laws regarding public surveillance speak of "content"? Because that sounds like something a techbro smug halfwit would say.


Yes, and in California, where this article is based, there are explicit laws against this.




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