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by calibas 332 days ago
Huge flaw in his reasoning:

> Group chats, dating apps, emails — or in Byron’s and Cabot’s case, simply being in public with no intention to be filmed — should not be subject to public judgement.

He's equating things where you should have an expectation of privacy with "simply" cheating on one's spouse in a public space.

And why does intention matter? People should have expectations of privacy in public spaces if they don't intend to be seen? Is that really the claim here?

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If you have an expectation of privacy in any of those, you are mistaken.

One of the first things I told my daughter when I gave her her first cell phone is never text anything you don’t want someone to screenshot and send it to everyone you know.

Sure enough, literally yesterday she got a text from friend A asking if my daughter liked her more than friend B.

Friend B sent the message from friend A’s phone as a test.

The year is 2025 and sadly the only place I have an expectation of privacy anymore is inside my own house verbally speaking to my family. And even then I expect my location to be available to more people than I care to admit.