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the huge difference, is whether it's recorded in a searchable digital system, or just some random people see it who if sane have better things to do than trying to figure out where are you eating lunch.
and a very limited circle of people will have information on that. that information is not easily accessible and searchable, and that information also decays over time.
of course not, you are yet again trying to stir shit, and convince people that the need for privacy is degeneracy, that resistance is futile anyway, and that cameras on the pole pointing at your entrance are completely fine.
the problem is majorly about public property locations that you cannot avoid while living life.
It might be worthwhile to take a look at the nras argumentation against a firearms owners registry to better understand the recent history of searchable digital systems.
Information has not decayed over time for both our lives except on a scale that can be described as absolutely geologic.
As before, I am not making fun of you, but describing roads I have personally been down.
As I said above, the point is to help you understand that you approach the concerns you’ve voiced by recognizing that when you are in public you are being observed and clearly communicating privacy concerns to people around you.
As said way up above, I’m not trying to fight you, I’m trying to help you understand your own concerns in a broader context that has existed for hundreds of years rather than a scant decade because the context and history opens up more opportunities for you to take action than when you only consider the time that the flock camera system has been in operation.