Comment by rs186 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by rs186 | Hacker News Reader

> well, if you don’t want to be in photos published online, don’t be in public spaces

That's the correct answer. End of the story.

It is our consensus of what "public space" means and one can do with it (which varies depending on where you are) that forms a lot of our social norms and society. It is why hang drying clothes is acceptable/normal in many parts of the world but not in the US. It is why people are expected to wear at least some clothes. It is why you can take photos of random people, including kids, without their/their parents' consent in the US in public space.

If you think you are so special to never show up in a photo, don't be in the public in the first, or wear a mask, a hat plus sunglasses or something else. Celebrities have been doing this for forever.

> In any case, here, the issue is somewhat different, since it is a private site, where people engage in private activity (a hobby)

Not the end of the story. Photographing where people do not expect strong assurances of privacy is complex to enforce. Try photographing inside a stadium, at the Olympics, etc. Others around you might be photographing, but security might ask you to stop or leave.

Stadiums are private spaces. That should have been very obvious.

In case that's still not clear, you need a ticket to enter a stadium, unlike your local public parks or public library, or, like, streets.

Strong disagree.

The right to take photos of random people without consent in public spaces, is NOT the same as the right to publish those photos online for the world to see and as a theoretically permanent discoverable archive.

You must be extraordinarily naive to think that people take photos in public places without ever posting them online, by default.

And let me know one single instance where someone gets sued for posting a photo of someone appearing in public space in the US.

I’m not naive, I’m just saying they are two separate issues. The laws that allowed public photos predate social media.

People sue over much less in the US.

Huh? Hanging clothes is absolutely accepted in the US. I have a clothesline.

Including hanging underwears on the balcony in an apartment building? Try harder.

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