Thread: Big Brother is watching you...!

Originally Posted by C-B-M

By "going crazy," I mean talking about Big Brother and whether this is legal and so on. It's clearly legal and, in fact, is the opposite of "sneaky." Notice CBS is publicizing what they're doing. This isn't a "hidden camera" or an "invasion of privacy." It's actually the complete opposite. They put a camera in a public place and then ARE TELLING PEOPLE where the camera is. And that's newsworthy? People are up in arms about this?

They certainly should be

Raising up their arms and giving the camera the middle finger everytime they walk by it.

EveryONE that walks by it

Maybe toss your chewed gum at it randomly - accidentally of course - .. maybe accidentally it will stick right on the lens were it belongs ... doesn't i mean

Good point, it's odd that someone hasn't mooned the camera yet or something.

Originally Posted by C-B-M

Good point, it's odd that someone hasn't mooned the camera yet or something.

Or "accidentally" knocked it out while practicing for their local baseball bat juggling contest

Originally Posted by Jefe

Well, as long as you aren't doing anything illegal, then why should you care? You would never be doing anything illegal, right?

That's a very old and lame argument. I have conceded that there is no such thing as privacy in a public place, but this raises a whole new category of privacy through use of the image. In this there is a mild suggestion that there has been some kind of wrongdoing by the person whose image has been, ahem, captured.

Then there is the question of on going survelance and where is the right of the individual.