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by teeray 7 days ago
I fail to see how nonstop recording of every interaction with people in everyday life will pass muster in a two-party consent state.
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My understanding is that those laws cover audio, not video.
Perhaps the laws should be modernized
I'm sure our entirely functional US government will get right on that.
No, you must have signage posted that you are actively video recording. That's my understanding.
It gets tricky with 1) individuals not recording for commercial purposes in 2) situations where there isn’t “a reasonable expectation of privacy.”

More importantly, you have to catch the person doing it. You’ll likely never know what they did or the harm they enabled.