[dagmx]

Specifically, this thread originated with the Kyle Rittenhouse trial which would be video. So for the average person, it would be 8/16mm.

Even for stills, 110/126 was very common.

As for your last point, it only ensured privacy from the poor. Privacy was always invaded by those with means like paparazzi.

There's also the flip side that the prevalence of digital has let people capture pivotal moments they wouldn't have been able to otherwise, including generation defining moments like the murder of George Floyd.

[tagoregrtst]

Privacy for the poor, not from. Paparazzi have never been outside my door. They were taking pictures of rich people for gossip mags (ie poor consumers).

Now we spy on poor people, use AI to analyze the photos at scale, while the rich got anti-paparazzi laws put in places like EU and CA.

In this context, the Rittenhouse video would not exist and it would be better if it didn't. The prosecution, arguably, should get disbarred for the shenanigans they pulled (no discovery and dumping it in the last moment, giving a modified version, lying about the provenance).

As to George Floyd, cameras have done much more to erode our civil liberties than they have put bad cops away.

[dagmx]

No, not privacy for the poor, but from the poor. You'd still have rich travellers visiting poor countries and taking photos of the locals like they're some roadside attraction.

Rich people and people in power have been able to invade our privacy whenever they wanted.

Making everyone capable of having digital cameras has enabled so much. With regards to cops, it's let the general public document and share examples of police brutality, in ways that would never have been possible before.

I think it's clear from your comment where your political biases lie and what your ethnicity bias likely is. You may subsequently argue that it's irrelevant, but you're also not walking in our shoes as minorities. Cameras have been a huge boon to being able to share our plight.

Emmett Till was a profound moment in Black history because his image could be shared in person with others. Similarly George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery etc were defining because the cameras were there...