{"id":11600,"date":"2009-06-22T13:23:52","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T11:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=79"},"modified":"2009-06-22T13:23:52","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T11:23:52","slug":"is-it-ok-to-take-pictures-in-public-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/22\/is-it-ok-to-take-pictures-in-public-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it OK to take pictures in public places?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Google Blogoscoped asks the question<\/a>:<\/p>\n

If your country\u2019s police were to drive around town with cam-equipped cars, automatically taking photos of all public spaces, would you mind? If so, why? If not, why not?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess that has something to do with their earlier posts on issues related to Google Street View<\/a> (one<\/a>, two<\/a>, three<\/a>, four<\/a>, etc<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I think that public places should be open for non-commercial photography, whether that is by police, mass media, amateur photographers, aliens, terrorists, or anyone else. <\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was in London earlier this year, I was at first shocked by the number of CCTV cameras.\u00a0 It seems like every square meter is covered from several cameras at once.\u00a0 And it wasn’t very welcoming.\u00a0 However, less than a day later I simply got used to them.\u00a0 I couldn’t even see them no more.\u00a0 That hopefully illustrates the extent to which I don’t care.<\/p>\n

What about you?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Google Blogoscoped asks the question: If your country\u2019s police were to drive around town with cam-equipped cars, automatically taking photos of all public spaces, would you mind? If so, why? If not, why not? I guess that has something to do with their earlier posts on issues related to Google Street View (one, two, three, … Continue reading Is it OK to take pictures in public places?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,30,62],"tags":[1090,384],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-photography","category-technology","tag-government","tag-privacy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9210,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/07\/08\/daily-del-icio-us-bookmarks\/","url_meta":{"origin":11600,"position":0},"title":"Daily del.icio.us bookmarks","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 8, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user tvset on 2005-07-08 NewsBlog: London Blasts Tagged as: blasts blog blogs bombs explosions london terrorism uk folderblog -- great tool for photoblogging Tagged as: blogging gallery images photography php pictures programs scripts software tools web Google Maps Mania Tagged as: blog blogs cool google googlemaps\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14350,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/17\/dakar-2011-photography\/","url_meta":{"origin":11600,"position":1},"title":"Dakar 2011 Photography","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Whether you are a fan of moto sports or not, you absolutely have to check\u00a0these pictures out.\u00a0\u00a0Photography at its best - events, places, people - it's all covered.","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dakar_bike-500x286.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14584,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/14\/9-eyes-highlights-of-google-street-view\/","url_meta":{"origin":11600,"position":2},"title":"9 eyes – highlights of Google Street View","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"9 eyes is a collection of images taken by the Google Street View camera. \u00a0 Some are funny. \u00a0Others - not so. 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