Posted by samfriedman 4 days ago
"What a person knowingly exposes to the public [...] is not a subject of Fourth Amendment protection." - Justice Potter in 'Katz v. United States'
But they aren't just taking a photo from across the street. They are also:
1. "briefly" detaining you to make you face a camera and take of hats etc for the app to get a good enough shot.
2. arresting you if it doesn't correctly identify you
3. using protected characteristics to decide who needs to get scanned.
Illinois has the Biometric Information Privacy Act.
https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=3004&Ch...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45750955
From the statute: "A private entity does not include a State or local government agency."
> what he seeks to preserve as private, even in an area accessible to the public, may be constitutionally protected.
Identity might be, might not be.
that's all I'm saying
I hope the folks mentioned are, and continue to remain, somewhere safe while this plays out.
like here's most of RFK Jr.s actual family saying he should resign: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/rfk-jrs-family-members... what losers! they should have said nothing and stayed silent. because what's the use right? The use is at the very least, we know that they, the immediate family members, do not approve of their sibling's actions.