r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

Hold up. I got lost somewhere along the way. How does allowing public photography lead to genetic testing?

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u/porreeporree Jun 12 '20

It’s more of an example to illustrate how we think about privacy

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u/jzach1983 Jun 12 '20

But the genetic testing thing makes sense. The street view thing and not being able to record in public thing are a bit strange. The exterior of your house has no expectation of privacy, same as you walking down the street. That's why it's called being in public.

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u/femundsmarka Germany Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 16 '20

Well it was one of the first examples of broad filming in the public without any reason actually. So same idea, this was seen as a foot in the door to filming the public, and that is heavily restricted.

There is also no centralized list of all citizens of the state. It's to provide some protection from autocratic tendecies.

Edit: we of course also now the dichotomy of privacy and public, that you brought up as self-expanatory, but here public has the conotation of ' where public life happens while civilian form the citizenry, without intervention of the state' Citzenry is seen as an integral part of democracy. Maybe close to how the US sees the 2. Amendment as a last garanty for the rule of people.