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atoavtoday at 6:24 PM1 replyview on HN

You have no respect for the culture of the place and people you're interacting with.

"Use public data, protect private data" has been one of the main reasons in the CCC since the 80s, at the same time German Law and culture is different when it comes to taking pictures than what you seem used to. Maybe familiarize yourself with it before you break the law and claim everybody else is wrong.


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MomsAVoxelltoday at 6:38 PM

Maybe, before you engage in thought-blocking totalitarian-authoritarian’ism, read what I have actually said.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743649

I have a great deal of respect for German culture - this is why I live in a DACH state in the first place.

CCC is a private event and I absolutely concur that their policies are acceptable in that circumstance.

> German Law and culture is different when it comes to taking pictures than what you seem used to

No, in fact, I am quite familiar with the law - to the extent that I am prepared to defend my position.

One thing I don’t respect, is the German proclivity to repress the public sphere. You will never beat that out of me - I have seen the positive results of public photography deliver justice in plenty of cultures where it was desperately needed.

It is perfectly fine for me to take whatever pictures I want in the public sphere - as long as I respect others’ rights and wishes to not be the subject of that photography.