[kleiba]

As long as privacy is not a granted right that enables you to sue offenders, there's not much you can do. The EU has at least started to realize the issue but giving the speed of technology vs. the pace of administration, it might be a losing battle.

[kwhitefoot]

The use of dash cams is effectively illegal in Austria on privacy grounds: https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/152064/are-dash-c...

[beej71]

This is a very foreign concept to me in the US. Even though I do think we have a right to privacy from the government, there's something to be said for allowing private citizens to record whatever they want in public.

[kleiba]

"Your freedom ends where my nose begins."

[genewitch]

hilariously, most dashcams don't have the optical fidelity to read plates consistently anyhow.

[lotsofpulp]

And banning the use of dash cams also results in good drivers subsidizing bad drivers.

[mig39]

Supposed to be illegal in Portugal too. But I've been using different dashcams in Portugal for 6 or 7 years now, and nobody's ever commented on them.

[arbitrage]

Rights grant you the ability to sue others?

Interesting take.

[pc86]

I mean, it makes sense.

If you have the "right" to $THING, but you have no redress if someone denies you $THING, you don't really have a right to it.

[matthewmcg]

Sue others or the government. A right without a remedy isn't really a useful right.

[aqfamnzc]

For violating those rights? Yeah, I would think so...