05-21-2012, 06:36 PM
It should never be illegal to be an asshole but putting a camera on someone without their knowledge, in a private space, should be a serious offense. I would not doubt that it's a misdemeanor. Obviously, doing that, in addition to violation of privacy, can be used to embarrass and intimidate as well for blackmail. When I mentioned other cases of spying on people, I vaguely recall something like a landlord who video taped female tenants. It was not illegal! That was a very long time ago and it brought up the issue of video technology and how that needed to be addressed. It doesn't look it has been been. The better to address it is with no nonsense laws on privacy. Technology will change, so we can't always be enacting new laws to keep up. Protecting privacy in private spaces could cover any kind of spying. There was also a recent case where a school gave kids laptops and the school was spying on the kids through the webcams. Again, nobody prosecuted.
It's shocking how many young people, gay and straight, have been driven to take their own lives. Someone has to be in severe pain to commit suicide. It's very damn hard being a kid sometimes :(
It's shocking how many young people, gay and straight, have been driven to take their own lives. Someone has to be in severe pain to commit suicide. It's very damn hard being a kid sometimes :(