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This is mostly tongue-in-cheek, but:

>... to be secure in their... houses...

The cameras are outside, so teeeeeechnically...

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I presume you are being tongue-in-cheek, and I agree, so it will probably be ruled for the cops.

But why would police treat a peeping tom differently when they do the same thing? It's so hypocritical.

> But why would police treat a peeping tom differently when they do the same thing? It's so hypocritical.

For the same reason that, when the police restrain you against your will and lock you in a cage, it's an arrest, but if you do it, it's assault and kidnapping.

It can still be assault and kidnapping when the police do it, if they don't have a good reason and follow the rules. Same applies to surveillance. The question is not cops vs. non-cops: it's what the valid reasons and rules for the cops are.

It is still assault and kidnapping, just legally sanctioned, and for some reason we feel compelled to call it an "arrest". Just because its LEO performing the assault doesn't make it any less of an assault.

Police have a monopoly on violence. Which requires holding them to a higher standard. The 4th amendment means the courts should err on the side of privacy, not surveillance.

>Which requires holding them to a higher standard

Which we definitely don't do in the US

Yeah, but they need to follow some procedures to lock you up, so similarly they probably should have to follow some procedures (like getting a warrant) before surveiling you for extended period?

They are suppose to follow some procedures.

I'd hope they do follow some procedures. The problem that those procedures may be lax / subjective / easy to work around is a whole other matter...

Also see “rubber hose cryptanalysis”

Actually it’s not…

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/us/citizens-arrest-what-is-ex...

Citizen’s arrest was actually outlawed in GA because of what happened there by the very conservative state legislation and signed into law by the Republican governor.

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