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not clear about where the invasion is :-)))

As they go for world domination they alone will decide what you can and can't see unfortunately.
Google are not the nice sweet company they started out being, they have become too big and powerful!

In Switzerland autorithies will lodge a complaint concerning not having blurred people's faces and cars' numberplates !!

A friend of mine asked to have his face UN-blurred :)

this guys face isn't sufficiently blurred in my opinion. inexpensive re-construction software could easily built a 95%+ correct identification.

We are going through a huge transition of rights and continuous swings in "power" Because of the proliferation and tremendous sales - almost everyone thinks they are a photographer.

Whenever I read in the Forums someone wanting/dabbling/planning or trying to decide to go professional - I usually abstain from the responses unless I can offer specific factual info - no opinions unless I clearly state that (again - rarely those) people tend to take them personally or others on their ''high horse" that choose to ignore "IMHO" and decide I'm stating fact that they can then argue with my opinion.

As you well know, I'm a HUGE proponent of photographers rights - I even carry a copy in my camera bag to show anyone attempting to exert non-existent authority over my rights.

Back to the photo - should going into public be a complete license for anyone to take my photo? I personally have mixed opinions (because of my 3 granddaughters and 2 nieces) depending on the exigent circumstances.

This was meant to be a thought provoking post - but it seems that the apathy on FT still continues (maybe getting out of the weekend and into the week will change that a little).

Brian, 99.9% of the time I have nothing to hide, and really couldn't care less. As I said to junne - my thinking was to stimulate some passion.

I'll never get that 30 minutes back...:-))

Oe that is not right:-))

Personally, I think that to take photographs of people is fine so long as its documenting something. I.e. an aspect of work, leisure, current fashion, a serious subject of interest for future generations or for the purposes of art. However, I do strongly believe that the person in the image should be approached afterwards and have the image discussed with them and thier wishes be respected.

Having said all that I feel that the above image does not show anything that would fall in to the above catorgories. It looks like the image may of come off CCTV or something. While I appreciate that safety and comfort that CCTV brings to some people, I do feel that those images should not be used or distributed except for the purposes that CCTV was installed for (to prevent and deter crime).

On this website there is massive amounts of images that all record a point in time. Whether you like it or not, this is our legacy for the future generations. To prevent us from taking photographs in public would make our kids, grandkids etc. a lot poorer.

does that mean i have to blur all the faces of people in my street shots? maybe go back 7000 photos unless someone can be recognized? for example now the cia can prove that mrs. wang went to market on october 10 2007 ? let's not get paranoid. the moment someone sets foot into the outdoors, he or she runs the risk to be seen!
only crimals need to worry, we others have nothing to loose

great stimulating comments!

I agree with you 100% - I posted it to see how people would respond, and it was the 1st time I had seen a recognizable human.

I don't think you need to worry until your pics have the reach of google..:-)

So this guy is supposed to be at work.... boss sees it and puts the times together and fires him.

So there's a girl sitting in his car behind him and the wife sees it and he goes home and gets shot and she hunts down the woman and shoots her.

Say he's a top model or someone important in the public arena and is seen picking his ass.... and smelling his hand... Image ruined... career ruined...

I know that those are paranoia type scenarios but hey this is a weird world we live in now.

brb.... gotta upload a pic for this hehe

When I see these..... I'm such a bad girl..... I give them the bird and smile really big hehe.

http://www.fotothing.com/LisaSam67/photo/5011c80f859041e848b26e7b1decac51/