[ExI] In future, will everybody wear their own body cam?

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On Tue, 1 Oct 2024, Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat wrote:

> 
> On 01/10/2024 15:08, swisscows wrote:
> 
> Is this a common problem in the US? This is an honest question. I've had 
> my run ins with mainly arabian robbers and assailants, but nothing serious 
> ever happened and I managed to defend myself. _Despite_ probably having 
> experienced way more violence than the average sweden, I would not even 
> dream of walking around with a camera. It would not solve anything, and 
> given the level of intelligence of the people involved in this incident, 
> as well as laws against filming in public, I don't think it would work.
> 
> 
> Who has such laws? (in the democratic west, I mean, of course. This discussion obviously doesn't apply to authoritarian countries,
> where 'the law' is whatever the local despot decides it is).
> 
> Filming in public is perfectly legal (as it should be) in the UK, the US, and Sweden, as far as I'm aware.
> 
> Ben
>

In sweden and the EU it depends on what you do with it. If you film and 
then store the film and never do anything with it or show it, it is most 
likely ok. If you film, in sweden, a object of national interest 
(airports, harbors, military bases etc.) you are commiting a crime and 
will be fined and/or sent to prison. This is a new law that came into 
effect on the 1/1 2024.

If you film people so that they can be identified and make that film 
publicly available, you are breaking GDPR if you do not get their consent.

Putting up CCTV cameras, again filming in public, is strictly regulated, 
and having your Tesla parked regularly on your street with an active 
camera could possibly break that rule.

So when it comes to the US I have no illusion of privacy protection 
existing. UK I have no idea, but since London is full of CCTV cameras I 
would assume that any protection for the privacy of people has been 
eroded.

But above is based on my knowledge of sweden and swedish law, as a swede.