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Unless laws are passed to make filming others in public, this is unlikely to ever stop. Chances are, such laws will not get passed as it will intrude on civil liberties and free expression of many. I also recommend against swatting away, as the author in the Verge concludes he/she will do, at someone's phone if they don't consent to being recorded. You run the risk of breaking someone's phone that way, giving potential rise to increased conflict or a small claims suit. Best response is to walk away or ignore.

👤martin1975🕑2y🔼0🗨️0

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> Best response is to walk away or ignore.

I think this is a good take, but I'd suggest the best response is to address the human being that is addressing you and say "no thanks".

👤standardUser🕑2y🔼0🗨️0

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There are laws. A quick search for "laws about photographing people in public" brings up a bunch of articles including, of course, one on Wikipedia:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography_and_the_law

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That's a First Amendment issue in the US. What California does is to prohibit commercialization of the result without payment, which is constitutionally OK.

👤Animats🕑2y🔼0🗨️0

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They're sticking objects into your personal space without consent, possibly constituting harassment or invasion of privacy/eavesdropping in some jurisdictions. I highly doubt the court costs for 99% of their sweatshop-made electronics are worth the hassle, including convincing a jury. I'm not saying you should grab their stuff and stomp it into the dirt, but a swat isn't gonna hurt these clowns.

👤lr4444lr🕑2y🔼0🗨️0

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Re: Small Claims:

If it’s brought by someone who makes a living by being obnoxious harassing private citizens in public, how much sympathy would that get from the judge?

👤balls187🕑2y🔼0🗨️0

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> Unless laws are passed to make filming others in public, this is unlikely to ever stop.

Assuming you mean the USA, the problem is you need people to enforce those laws or succeed with lawsuits (and dodge endless appeals or ascension to the SCOTUS). We can't even begin address gun violence in this country, I highly doubt we'll get consent-to-be-filmed-in-public-laws passed.

👤FatActor🕑2y🔼0🗨️0

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> Unless laws are passed to make filming others in public

The law and courts need to acknowledge a third state beyond "in private" and "in public".

Call it "on stage" -- when large numbers of people can see you but you can't see them.

You can disseminate film of people on stage, but not in public.

👤KirillPanov🕑2y🔼0🗨️0