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Not install, but hold. Yes, I do have that right where I live.

No? I just don’t think filming in a public place is wrong. Why would it be? No one has been able to provide a reason.

It’s not strange to want a line drawn somewhere regarding public photography. But I just don’t see how that line ever can be drawn in a fair way.

No they don’t. I might actually go film on the sidewalk just outside your home, and there would be nothing at all you can do about it.

What right would be violated here exactly?

No you won’t. I’m might set up a camera on the sidewalk outside your house tomorrow, and there’s nothing you could do about it. Nothing. You’re not in charge.

People hitting other people because they don’t like whatever legal activities the other person is undertaking, that’s stupid.

I love my freedoms. And I understand that in order to have your own freedoms, you have to respect other people having theirs. You all seem to think more in line with “freedom for me, but not for thee”. And so far, no one has produced any arguments outside of something based on their feelings.

Interesting. Where I live, no such ban exists. Sure it could be a good idea to ban some public filming, but where do you draw the line? I think that’s pretty much impossible to do right.

It’s extremely difficult to draw a line, though. To determine where to draw that line. Freedom of the press is important, don’t you agree? Well, what do we consider legitimate journalistic purposes? I do not think the government should draw a line at all on this. Filming could be part of a journalistic effort. Or not. The government can’t determine that. And until there’s a foolproof way to filter out ‘bad actor’ filming and ‘good’ filming, it will be very much slippery slope territory to impose any restrictions on filming in public whatsoever.

I don’t like surveillance either, but as it currently stands, you have no expectation of privacy in public.

So as long as there are surveillance cameras, it would be stupid to forbid any civilian filming in public.

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See, what’s “right” is a (shared) opinion. One of the consequences of living in a free country is that other people can have their own opinions.

No, it’s not the same indeed. If something is “correct” is a (shared) opinion. Another person might disagree and consider other things correct. That’s what freedom looks like.

Look, taking such glasses into a locker room is a problem. But someone wearing them in public is not. Anyone punching someone who does that should be taken to jail, simple as that.

Wouldn’t surprise me either. But it’s a hugely illogical reaction.

Sure I do. But everyone’s entitled to their own opinions.

But violence isn’t the answer. And certainly not to people doing legal stuff in public. Wearing a Google Glass in private is different though.

Yeah that wasn’t humanity’s brightest moment.

The only thing I’m saying is that legal things are legal, even if the consequences might make certain people feel bad. We can all use the public space however we like. I can film secretly on the sidewalk, and you can go grocery shopping, and the next person could shout about his religious beliefs, while the next person could be skateboarding.