alt Hacker NewsI don't see what that has to do with what I said. Chasing an MVP doesn't have to involve disrespecting people's privacy and recording without consent.
There are many worse violators than this, but it is what it is.
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It's a very public place in the United States. It's not clear that people should expect or be entitled to much privacy in these public places.
We also know that, regardless of the degree of privacy to which people should be entitled, they're not legally entitled to much privacy in these places. Federal court rulings have been extremely clear on this point. In these places, we don't even have the right to not be photographed.
This is just an artistic way of showing surveillance.
Fixing this one installation wouldn't fix all the rest (example: Shot spotter)
It is good to care about this sort of thing, but this is untargeted recording in public. It is not very different to the fact that if I was recording a home movie in public I may incidentally record someone's conversation.
The real harm would occur if the conversations were being stored and analysed systematically, for example by police. But the OP is not doing that (they claim).