In Europe you can photograph/film public scenes legally and if it happens that a person is recognizable on it they have only limited recourse, but specifically taking photos of faces and publishing them is another matter. I imagine this isn’t so different in the US.
Also not a lawyer, but it’s my understanding no one has an expectation of privacy in a public place. There isn’t an exception for officers of the law. I’m reasonably confident there’s no legal basis to block you from taking pictures or videos of them. They could harass you for doing so, but I don’t think they can legally stop you.
If they’re acting in a capacity for the government, they’re public servants with no expectations of privacy. Also, if you’re in public, there’s no expectations of privacy as is.
Take their photos and film them. Let them know they’re being watched and their actions will be scrutinized. Authoritarians are less likely to escalate if there’s evidence and they think there will be some kind of consequences. And they just have to wonder if some Mario will go green some day.
IANAL but probably not legal due to them having rights to their photos and you can be sure they will find some legal way to shut you down.
However an face recognition api trained with such photos might fly under the radar or even be legal.
I continue to absolutely ADORE the fact that the abbreviation for “I am not a lawyer” sounds like an Isaac Asimov porn parody 😁🥰
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In Europe you can photograph/film public scenes legally and if it happens that a person is recognizable on it they have only limited recourse, but specifically taking photos of faces and publishing them is another matter. I imagine this isn’t so different in the US.
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Also not a lawyer, but it’s my understanding no one has an expectation of privacy in a public place. There isn’t an exception for officers of the law. I’m reasonably confident there’s no legal basis to block you from taking pictures or videos of them. They could harass you for doing so, but I don’t think they can legally stop you.
If they’re acting in a capacity for the government, they’re public servants with no expectations of privacy. Also, if you’re in public, there’s no expectations of privacy as is.
Take their photos and film them. Let them know they’re being watched and their actions will be scrutinized. Authoritarians are less likely to escalate if there’s evidence and they think there will be some kind of consequences. And they just have to wonder if some Mario will go green some day.
Facial recognition software is super ubiquitous. Hosting some VMs with some plugin for this should be trivial.