Over a week, more than twenty civilians of the Russian Federation died from the shelling of the Ukrainian Nazis.
Over a week, more than twenty civilians of the Russian Federation died from the shelling of the Ukrainian Nazis.
Throughout the week, an extremely high level of intensity of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on civilian targets continued. On average, it reached 400 arrivals per day.newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)
Are smart glasses allowed in public in EU?
Living in the EU, i am wondering how these glasses are even 'allowed' in public or may even be sold here.
It becomes harder to avoid cause they become so hard to identify.
How to deal with this?
To what extend is this allowed? (cause apparently it is some way)
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How Sci-Fi Shaped Socialism
How Sci-Fi Shaped Socialism
From William Morris to Ursula K. Le Guin and Iain M. Banks, science fiction has provided an outlet for socialist thinkers – offering a break from a bleak political reality and allowing them to imagine a vastly different world.tribunemag.co.uk
Ukraine Loses Up to 435 Soldiers in Battles With Russian Forces
Ukraine Loses Up to 435 Soldiers in Battles With Russian Forces
Russia's Tsentr (Center) group of forces has eliminated up to 435 Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.Sputnik International
iCloud for Linux
I’m wondering if anyone has any experience with this?
I’m working on transitioning to Linux from Mac pretty casually and I’ll still be using this iPhone til it’s dead. So I’m figuring out solutions to my current computer-usage before I switch my main machine. I’d like to maintain some interoperability between my phone and desktop computer so this has me intrigued.
Is it well-maintained? Trustworthy? Easy to use?
I have an old Thinkpad T420 I’m testing stuff on before I take the plunge but I figured I’d ask before giving it my credentials.
Edit: thanks so much for all the advice. I’m going to try a couple different ways to do it and see what I like 😀
Edit again a few weeks later: My tests on my experimental computers went so well that I took the plunge on installing Mint on my MacBook Pro (2015 I think).
I ended up using Syncthing to sync my iCloud Documents and desktop folders on my desktop Mac with what I’m now calling my Mintbook. That automatically syncs to iCloud, so I can get the important stuff on my phone easily.
Then I created a web wrapper of iCloud.com/calendar using Mint’s built-in web app creator. It works well enough; my only complaints are that I can’t copy and paste events by right-clicking like I can on the Mac app, and no notifications on Mint.
From there it’s easy enough to switch from calendar to notes, photos, FindMy, etc. so I’m happy with my iCloud “app” for my laptop usage.
I think the only things holding me back from switching my desktop now are photos syncing, and I haven’t tried DaVinci Resolve on Linux yet (I do some light video editing from time to time.) and I’ll need to buy another 5TB hard drive to transfer from my APFS formatted storage drive to a Linux-formatted drive. (I believe the transfer process will be easy once I get it thanks to SyncThing)
So, I’m a third of the way to abandoning apple on my most-used machines. Feeling pretty good about it.
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The difficult reality is many people, no matter how interested and technically skilled, aren’t going to have the time, money (yes, money, due to hardware), and energy to immediately go with fully self-hosted OSS paired with a LineageOS (or similar) phone.
For one, you have to either acquire the hardware to run a server for self-hosting or get a VPS (admittedly not a huge financial hurdle, but still effort required). Additionally, you then have to take the time to migrate from iCloud to the alternatives. There’s also the fact that it’s a moderately expensive proposition to purchase a new phone capable of running something more libre like LineageOS. Until you switch operating systems, Apple makes using at least a little bit of iCloud difficult; for instance, you’ll probably need to use Find My at least once.
These reasons largely explain why I’m still on iPhone for now. I usually don’t use iCloud for the storage, but I frequently have to use Photos, Mail, and Find My.
I certainly plan to jump ship, but being stuck for now due to personal circumstances, I can’t blame OP.
You pretty much said what I would’ve said, but probably better 😀
I have 3 Macs I want to switch to Linux, so I’m approaching this conversion piece by piece, using my thinkpads as placeholders. Figuring out new cloud software can wait until they’re all switched.
Luckily, I’m down to just an iPhone.
I used to use iPad Minis, but I was otherwise more of a Windows guy until 2022.
The only other kind of Apple thing I have is a GPU-accelerated Hackintosh running under KVM, which mostly gets used for adding non-streaming songs to my Apple Music library these days. I do plan to quit Apple Music eventually - I’ve been collecting and ripping CDs by TMBG, which is mostly what I listen to anyway.
I’m planning a similar exodus. I like my apple stuff but considering its heavy reliance on the cloud, lower level system access I can’t control, and that it’s an American company operating under a Nazi regime, I really can’t trust it anymore.
Moving to Linux isn’t so bad, but I’m really struggling with leaving iOS. Android has a lot of limitations if you try to break free from Gemini-surveilled stuff. Simple things I take for granted like tap to pay wouldn’t be practical on such a device anymore.
It kills me there’s nothing I can do software-wise to make the Samsung z fold7 an acceptable option for me. Really impressed by that device and my carrier does have some compelling promos for it, but even under this regime, I don’t trust Samsungs software.
They don't even hide their racism
Fateh was born in Washington, D.C., and is the son of immigrants from Somalia. He graduated from Falls Church High School and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from George Mason University.
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America has debt in its own money, they can print it. Africa has their debt in USD, they need to earn it.
America has debt in its own money, they can print it. Africa has their debt in USD, they need to earn it.
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Over 731K sign petition to nominate Francesca Albanese for Nobel Peace Prize
The US-based nonprofit organization Avaaz has launched a global petition calling for the nomination of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her outspoken advocacy for Palestinian rights and her defense of civilians in Gaza.
The petition, addressed to eligible Nobel nominators and the Norwegian Nobel Committee, declares, "As people from across the world, we believe Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, and the doctors caring for people in Gaza deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for their work."
Albanese, who has repeatedly condemned 'Israeli' attacks on civilians and raised alarms over what she describes as potential war crimes in Gaza, has faced political backlash for her stance. The petition highlights that the Trump administration imposed sanctions on her for speaking out against 'Israeli' actions.
Suicides in “Israeli” military: Haaretz report reveals rising trend in 2025
The number of “Israeli” soldiers who committed suicide since the start of 2025 is 15, a recent report by Haaretz said.
Since the start of the war on Oct. 7, 2023, 43 “Israeli” soldiers have committed suicide. The breakdown is as follows:
- Between Oct. 7, 2023 and end of that year: Seven
- 2024: 21
- 2025 (ongoing): 15 soldiers.
Suicides in “Israeli” military: Haaretz report reveals rising trend in 2025
“Israeli” soldiers during a comrade’s funeral. (File)Roya News
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US inflation rose in June as Trump’s tariffs start to show in prices
Inflation shot up in June as the impacts of Donald Trump’s tariffs slowly started to show in US prices.
Business leaders have said for months that the high, volatile rates of Trump’s tariffs will force companies to raise consumer prices. Prices remained stable in the spring, particularly as many of Trump’s highest tariffs were paused; however, they started increasing in May and have continued to rise in June.
Annual inflation rose to 2.7% in June, up from 2.4% in May, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which tracks the prices of a basket of goods and services each month. Core CPI, which leaves out energy and food prices, ticked up slightly to 2.9%, compared with 2.8% in May.
The prices of appliances, furniture and toys, products typically manufactured outside the US, all rose. Food prices increased by 3%, with the price of beef rising by more than 2% over the month, coffee up 2.2% and citrus fruit prices rising 2.3%. While the price of eggs has been dropping over the last few months, a dozen eggs are still 27% more expensive than last year.
US inflation rose in June as Trump’s tariffs start to show in prices
Inflation remains far below the peaks seen three years ago, when price increases reached as high as 9%Lauren Aratani (The Guardian)
After largest U.S. teacher's union cuts ties with ADL, head of second largest union rejects 'isolation'
The NEA, the largest labor union in the U.S., passed a resolution last Sunday at its Representative Assembly in Portland, Oregon, calling for an end to its relationship with the ADL. The resolution directs the union to stop using or endorsing ADL materials, reports, or programs. Supporters said the ADL had used accusations of antisemitism to discredit critics of Israel and advocates for Palestinian rights.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the second largest union in the U.S. with 1.7 million members, has issued a response to last week's vote by the National Education Association to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League, saying engagement, not isolation, is the way forward.
Weingarten, who is Jewish and has long been outspoken on issues of antisemitism and Middle East policy, has walked a fine line in recent years, calling out anti-Jewish hate while also pushing for a two-state solution and Palestinian rights.
After largest U.S. teacher's union cuts ties with ADL, head of second biggest rejects 'isolation'
Randi Weingarten, who has long been outspoken on issues of antisemitism and Middle East policy, said her organization agree with the ADL on the importance of educating against racism and antisemitic, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQIA+ hateEtan Nechin (Haaretz)
After largest U.S. teacher's union cuts ties with ADL, head of second largest union rejects 'isolation'
The NEA, the largest labor union in the U.S., passed a resolution last Sunday at its Representative Assembly in Portland, Oregon, calling for an end to its relationship with the ADL. The resolution directs the union to stop using or endorsing ADL materials, reports, or programs. Supporters said the ADL had used accusations of antisemitism to discredit critics of Israel and advocates for Palestinian rights.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the second largest union in the U.S. with 1.7 million members, has issued a response to last week's vote by the National Education Association to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League, saying engagement, not isolation, is the way forward.
Weingarten, who is Jewish and has long been outspoken on issues of antisemitism and Middle East policy, has walked a fine line in recent years, calling out anti-Jewish hate while also pushing for a two-state solution and Palestinian rights.
After largest U.S. teacher's union cuts ties with ADL, head of second biggest rejects 'isolation'
Randi Weingarten, who has long been outspoken on issues of antisemitism and Middle East policy, said her organization agree with the ADL on the importance of educating against racism and antisemitic, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQIA+ hateEtan Nechin (Haaretz)
[Article] British marathon runner Fauja Singh dies in road accident aged 114
"...was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in his birth village Beas Pind, near Jalandhar in Punjab, [India] ..."
RIP to an inspirational person. He only started distance running at 89!
British marathon runner Fauja Singh dies in road accident aged 114
His London-based running club and charity, Sikhs In The City, said their upcoming events in Ilford, east London, will be a celebration of his life.PA News Agency (Your Local Guardian)
Why such hostility when you were asking a question about how people can live to that age and run?
There are countless things that can get in the way, but if you're lucky with your health, that's what it takes to live old and be able to run.
sorry if it came off as hostile, not my intention.
but yeah i wasn’t asking for your opinion on life advice but just if this was a legitimate article.
China hits back at US over Russia sanctions bill
China hits back at US over Russia sanctions bill
Beijing has slammed Washington’s “long-arm jurisdiction,” calling the proposed 500% tariffs “illegal”RT
Breaking Ukraine’s Backbone: Russia’s Offensive Severing Strategic Supply Routes
Breaking Ukraine’s Backbone: Russia’s Offensive Severing Strategic Supply Routes
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Meteo Italia: Instabilità in settimana, poi torna il caldo africano | Meteo POP
Meteo Italia: Instabilità in settimana, poi torna il caldo africano
Una nuova fase di instabilità interessa l’Italia tra mercoledì 16 e giovedì 17 luglio, ma il caldo tornerà protagonista nel weekend. Durante la parte centrale della settimana, l’alta pressione diRedazione RMA (METEO POP - RMA APS)
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German court rejects Yemenis' claim over US strikes
Karlsruhe (Germany) (AFP) – Germany's highest court on Tuesday threw out a case brought by two Yemenis seeking to sue Berlin over the role of the US Ramstein airbase in a 2012 drone attack, ending a years-long legal saga.Plaintiffs Ahmed and Khalid bin Ali Jaber first brought their case to court in 2014 after losing members of their family in the strike on the village of Khashamir.
The case has since been through several German courts. But the Constitutional Court on Tuesday ultimately ruled that Berlin is not required to take action against such attacks, which were not judged to be in breach of international law.
Washington has for years launched drone strikes targeting suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, an impoverished country that has been torn by fierce fighting between its beleaguered Saudi-backed government and Iran-backed rebels.
The two Yemeni men, supported by the Berlin-based European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), had argued that Germany was partly responsible for the attack because the strike was aided by signals relayed via the Ramstein base in western Germany.
"Without the data that flows through Ramstein, the US cannot fly its combat drones in Yemen," the group said.
The ECCHR's Andreas Schueller argued that "the German government must put an end to the use of this base -- otherwise the government is making itself complicit in the deaths of innocent civilians".
The court found that Germany "does have a general duty to protect fundamental human rights and the core norms of international humanitarian law, even in cases involving foreign countries".
However, in order for this duty to be binding, there must be "a serious risk of systematic violation of applicable international law".
"Measured against these standards, the constitutional complaint is unfounded," the court said.
The ECCHR said the ruling had "failed to send a strong signal" and meant that "instead, individual legal protection remains a theoretical possibility without practical consequences".
However, Schueller said the verdict "leaves the door open for future cases".
"Violations of international law can be subject to judicial review, even if the court imposes high hurdles. This is an important statement by the Constitutional Court in these times," he said.
According to the ECCHR, the two Yemeni men were having dinner ahead of the wedding of a male family member in 2012 when they heard the buzz of a drone and then the boom of missile attacks that claimed multiple lives.
Their case against Germany was initially thrown out, before the higher administrative court in Muenster ruled in their favour in 2019.
However, the government appealed and a higher court overturned the decision in 2020, arguing that German diplomatic efforts were enough to ensure Washington was adhering to international law.
In a statement shared by the ECCHR, the two men called the ruling "dangerous and disturbing".
"(It) suggests countries that provide assistance to the US assassination programme bear no responsibility when civilians are killed. Our hearts are broken, and our faith in international law is shaken," they said.
The German government welcomed the ruling, which it said showed that Berlin had "a wide margin of discretion in assessing whether the actions of third states comply with international law".
"According to the ruling, the government has no fundamental duty to protect foreigners abroad who are affected by military action by third states if, in the government's assessment, these attacks are within the bounds of what is permissible under international law," the defence and foreign ministries said in a statement.
Windows 11 will soon be able to describe images on your screen using AI — and it'll all be done locally
Windows 11 will soon be able to describe images on your screen using AI — and it'll all be done locally
A new "Describe Image" feature is coming soon to Click To Do, which will allow Windows 11 to use AI to describe an image that's currently on your screen.Zac Bowden (Windows Central)
An image is worth a thousand words. How is reading a text describing what is on the screen going to be better than just looking at the screen yourself, something you'll need to do to read the description anyway? Aside from accessibility for the blind, the practicality such a technology is questionable.
The motivation behind this is obviously to facilitate the collection and reporting user profiling data. Accessibility for the blind is only a side effect. Tech companies have been doing it with automated audio transcriptions for years already, now they're after what you look at on your screen.
Republicans block vote to release Epstein files
The matter made its way into the political discourse as the House Rules Committee considered the issue, after a failed attempt by the Democrats to force a vote in Congress on whether the Epstein files should be made public.
As one of the oldest standing committees in Congress, the group's key role concerns the flow of legislation to the House floor.
Khanna's amendment was in effect a procedural measure that was tacked on to the GENIUS Act, which relates to digital assets such as crypto currency. If the amendment had been passed, it would have forced Attorney General Pam Bondi to publish the Epstein documents on a "publicly accessible website."
Republicans Block Vote to Release Epstein Files
Republican lawmakers have blocked a move that could have forced President Donald Trump's administration to release the files on Jeffrey Epstein's investigation.Chloe Mayer (Newsweek)
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Seagate Ships 30TB Drives to Meet Global Surge in Data Center AI Storage Demand
today announced the global channel availability of up to 30TB Exos ®M and IronWolf® Pro hard drives. Built on Seagate’s Mozaic3+™ platform and powered by heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology, these drives are engineered to meet increasing demand for scalable, high-performance storage driven by the rise of AI deployments that are supplementing traditional enterprise infrastructure development.
What if your laptop had a Free and open-source software (FOSS) firmware?
What if your laptop had a FOSS firmware?
Statistically, your computer's firmware is proprietary. However, Libreboot is an interesting, if niche, option to boostrap a computer with free and libre code only.Luca Bramè (LibreNews)
HKU student who allegedly made AI-generated indecent images, inc. of classmates, gets warning letter: Around 20 to 30 women were reportedly affected, including former teachers and friends.
HKU student who allegedly made AI-generated indecent images, inc. of classmates, gets warning letter
A male law student has received a warning letter from the University of Hong Kong after he allegedly created AI-generated indecent images of women.Tom Grundy and Hans Tse (Hong Kong Free Press HKFP)
A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
- Chinese Tech Support: Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel.
- Skills Gap: Digital escorts often lack the technical expertise to police foreign engineers with far more advanced skills, leaving highly sensitive data vulnerable to hacking.
- Ignored Warnings: Various people involved in the work told ProPublica that they warned Microsoft that the arrangement is inherently risky, but the company launched and expanded it anyway.
Microsoft “Digital Escorts” Could Expose Defense Dept. Data to Chinese Hackers
The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.ProPublica
Lawyers file case against EU Commission and Council for 'failure to act' on Gaza genocide
While we are all holding our breath for the possible initiatives against Israel that Kaja Kallas, the European High Representative for Foreign Affairs, could present on Tuesday (15 July) to the foreign affairs council, the lawyers of the JURDI Association (lawyers for the respect of international law), are taking action.
On Thursday, they will file an “action for failure to act” with the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg against the EU Commission and Council for their failure to act on the crimes committed by the Netanyahu government in Gaza.
Lawyers file case against EU Commission and Council for 'failure to act' on Gaza genocide
Lawyers specialising in international law will file an “action for failure to act” with the European Court of Justice on Thursday for the inaction of the EU Commission and Council in the massacres perpetrated by the Netanyahu government.EUobserver
A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the US Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
Microsoft “Digital Escorts” Could Expose Defense Dept. Data to Chinese Hackers
The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.ProPublica
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Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada
Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada
UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.Adam D.K. King (The Maple)
Convert YouTube Videos to Text Instantly
Just wanted to share a tool I came across recently youtubetotranscript.net/. It lets you paste any YouTube link and get a full transcript of the video (even long ones), which is super useful for:
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Has anyone tried similar tools? Would love to hear recommendations too!
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Bankruptcies hit 15-year high. Industrials lead collapse. Fed boxed in on rates.
Bankruptcies hit 15-year high. Industrials lead collapse. Fed boxed in on rates. - Citizen Watch Report
Corporate bankruptcies in the United States are running at the fastest pace in 15 years. Through the first six months of 2025, 371 large companies filed - Citizen Watch ReportAlex (Citizen Watch Report)
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in reply to conspiracypentester • • •Libb
in reply to James R Kirk • • •Less and less so; at least here in France and in Germany and also in the UK, which was quite surprising to me. In the EU, the GDRP being another nail in the coffin of the right of photographing on public space and photographing random people in that public space. Most of the cases I've heard of in the last few years ended up with the plaintiff winning against the photographer, even if the picture was not exploited professionally.
Smart glasses will raise a new flag and push all rules to the next level of paranoia (rightfully so, I'm afraid) and will then be used as an excuse to remove even more of our liberty to use public space (which is supposed to be ours).
Edit: clarifications.
Sidyctism II.
in reply to Libb • • •Lumidaub
in reply to Sidyctism II. • • •Lumidaub
in reply to Libb • • •I mean, your freedom to record in public ends where my freedom to not be recorded in public starts.
Libb
in reply to Lumidaub • • •Prior to our wonderful times, and even more so in the UK, public space meant that were no right to privacy to be expected at all while using said public space because, you know, it was public. But the moronic age we live in have managed to change that. So be it.
So, worry not my dear friend: as a law abiding citizen myself, I dutifully respect your so-called freedom to use what is supposed to a public space as your very own private space, and I 100% gave up on photography the second time I was confronted to the consequences of people considering their freedom implied they were to decide what 'public' meant.
Instead, I switched to sketching the very same people in the very same public space.
They may be as annoyed by me doing that but good luck forbidding me to sketch in a public space or even proving it was them I specifically I sketched... as, even though I do enjoy it, I suck at sketching ;)
Lumidaub
in reply to Libb • • •Libb
in reply to Lumidaub • • •I said not allowed to take picture never told it was to publish or share them. Really, if you have access to you should read recent justice decisions and see how, here in France and in Germany at the very least, they will almost be in favor of... not the photographer, whether the photo was meant to be published or not, whether the photo earned them a cent or not.
For the rest, we live in a free society and I will happily let anyone practice photography as they see fit (provided they do it politely) but don't expect me to pretend trends have not changed in regards to justice and the right to image, because those trends they have indeed changed and not in favor of photographers.
Lumidaub
in reply to Libb • • •Libb
in reply to Lumidaub • • •Check the definition of the word public in 'public space'.
But I think you should first need to work on yourself, that would help a lot being able to have a discussion instead of what looks a little bit too much like an argument we certainly should not have you and I as I don't know you and have as much desire to photograph you as I wish to eat poop.
Have a nice day.
NKBTN
in reply to Libb • • •Thing is, that google and apple will, for most people, automatically upload photos to their servers and process them in ways none of us are really certain of. By photographing with a phone, anyone's face could be matched up with a time and place.
And then there's the potential problem of the person uploading it on purpose.
Photography isn't the problem - it's the tech attached to it.
Personally, I'm with you - because I'm not a person of interest. If I was a political agitator, e.g. trying to start a McDonald's union, I might feel differently
Libb
in reply to NKBTN • • •Indeed, it's a mess. And that mess is one of the reasons we have been witnessing a shift against the very notion of public space.
I've noticed a few people trying to argue with me specifically. I have no idea why (like I think I said, I just mentioned what I know and I don't even do photograph anymore) but that's fine with me. And while they seem to be so vocally willing to defend their undisputed (by me, at the very least) right to privacy I can only wonder how many of those privacy warriors are carrying their own spyware riddled smartphone absolutely everywhere they go, including to the most private place I can think of: the bathroom. And I feel 100% reassured knowing they will pick the right fights ;)
yetAnotherUser
in reply to Libb • • •There is an expectation of privacy anywhere.
The GDPR applies to everyone - including individuals. How long will you store my data? With whom will you share it? How can I contact you and revoke my consent of being recorded? What purpose is the storage of my data?
It does not infringe on your right to photograph in public by the way. As long as the person only happens to be in the photograph somewhere in the background without being the focus you are free to photograph anything and everything.
Your targeted photographs violate the freedom of movement of those you photograph. You are not free in your decisions if you are recorded. You will take the fact you are recorded into consideration and adjust your decisions accordingly.
What prevents someone from innocently setting up a security camera - which happens to also record the entrance of an LGBTQ bar and anyone who enters and exits it? Surely it would be a shame if this footage was then entered into facial recognition software to create a list of people. That is fully legal in countries without the right to privacy in public like the US.
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in reply to Libb • • •Libb
in reply to koper • • •Like I mentioned elsewhere, anyone is more than welcome to do what they want. I simply noticed how frequently justice decisions started to punish the photographer, whether the photo was destined at some personal use or not, whether it was sold or not.
I'm no lawyer. I simply don't want to waste anymore of my time, and money, dealing with that kind of shit. It's not worth it... to me at least but, once again, I won't prevent anyone else to keep doing photography like if nothing had changed if that's what they want... I may even sketch them if I see them taking their chance doing that ;)
merde alors
in reply to Libb • • •that would mean the death of street photography. Do you have any sources for those cases?
photographing in public space is still a right. There are exceptions, but they are understandable.
it very much depends on the context.
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A-t-on le droit de photographier des inconnus dans la rue ?
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in reply to merde alors • • •Here in Germany it's fine to photograph a crowd, but if you stand next to someone in public transit with camera glasses, I don't think you can claim that exception.
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in reply to Libb • • •I think you are mistaken. In Germany public photography is legal as long as it is not your intend to photograph/monitor individuals. They can totally be part of the image, just not the focus. Videos are also legal as long as it is not targeted or constant indiscriminate monitoring.
I don't think other EU countries have largely different laws given how common dashcams are.
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in reply to jnod4 • • •Police officers? The main issue here is that those laws are about balance. Balance of your rights and the persons' you are filming. There are some general rules and a large grey area.
In general your vlogging isn't an issue. However, if you knowingly start recording a specific person e.g. a busker, or in your case a street scammer, things become more difficult - especially because you are vlogging. The expectation that you are going to upload the video makes it unlikely that you are just recording for evidence.
I am not a lawyer. I think the police promarily tried to de-escalate here.
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in reply to conspiracypentester • • •Facial recognition street cameras are far more dangerous than these.
Sure they are pretty creepy but without rayban you could already insert tiny cameras into glasses to spy on people
EDIT : the only big concern is that they get more popular and that they increased even faster the global surveillance
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in reply to francois • • •But at the end they are surely going to even more increase this shit
N0x0n
in reply to conspiracypentester • • •Ugh... Movin Facial recognition, what a joke. I put them on the same level of stupidity as those who put Tesla's AI chip in their brain.
Sad days for privacy and anonymity enthusiasts 😮💨😮💨
Matt
in reply to conspiracypentester • • •irotsoma
in reply to conspiracypentester • • •I don't think it's a big deal most of the time if in public. And private places are always allowed to ban cameras. If you ban smart glasses because of the camera, then you have to ban phones and that was tried and failed in most places. And banning cameras in public or requiring a license to carry one would be a huge hit to freedom overall. All of those things were already tried when portable cameras and then cell phones with cameras were new if you want to research why.
The idea is to allow social pressures to deal with these things. And most of the imagined problems never actually pop up. Like there wasn't much of a significant increase in illicit photography in changing rooms when cell phones were allowed. The only difference here is that the smart glasses may end up being difficult to differentiate from ordinary glasses eventually. But companies like putting their brands on things, so that may not end up being an issue.
And there have been illicit versions of these things for ages and that isn't going to go away just because it's illegal to wear it. It's already illegal to do a lot of the things people are using them for that you're likely worried about. Having an additional law for possession is not going to change that very much and definitely won't balance out the harm caused by disallowing all cameras in public.
iamtherealwalrus
in reply to irotsoma • • •A few years ago, some venues here in Copenhagen, Denmark started banning phones, i.e. you would have to place your phone into a small, locked bag for the duration of the show and then when you left the venue, you could unlock the bag and use your phone again. I think that was perfectly allowed.
irotsoma
in reply to iamtherealwalrus • • •utopiah
in reply to conspiracypentester • • •Most answers here are opinions which are perfectly valid, even important, but also irrelevant regarding the actual law.
I'm not a regulator or a lawyer so instead of providing another opinion or false information I recommend checking dedicated structures, e.g. AccessNow accessnow.org/tag/augmented-re… or EFF eff.org/issues/xr while being mindful both of those are from the US and thus if you are not looking for EU specific article, they are basically irrelevant too. You can also check legal research e.g. edpl.lexxion.eu/article/EDPL/2… which would be useful to get a better understanding of the current legal situation regardless of suggestions.
FWIW this is me speaking for 3min at he European Commission just few weeks ago video.benetou.fr/w/65FQnvrncex… on providing and using an open stack for smart glasses, more broadly XR, but again this is JUST my perspective, not the actual law. Overall my rule of thumb is now legal situation comes from nothing, so relying on what has existed before, e.g. seeing smart glasses recording as wearable smartphones is at least a starting point.
Extended Reality (XR)
Electronic Frontier Foundationcy_narrator
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