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Re: Ask HN: What happened to surveillance camera guy?

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Post by theartfuldodger » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 2:10 PM UTC

Inu wrote: post #70

theartfuldodger wrote: post #68

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Ah, thats terrible, I was still watching Vagrant Holiday videos Here is a reupload - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBQi88JJ38Q

Reupload is gone...

That timing is interesting, I wouldn't be surprised if SCM is a hacker news reader or at least has a Google alert set up and actually saw this thread and reacted.

Using the filename and basic dorking you can still find copies as I found a half dozen last night when sharing the above link, but seems like sharing any link just helps it disappear. If the two channels are really the same producer, which seems true to me, than some of the actions recorded for Vagrant Holiday are not something you can put your face next to, if SCM was filming in his own neighborhood he may have become concerned about opsec and what clues are inadvertently remaining in that old content that could lead back to him. I don't see what external privacy/legal concern would cause all videos to be removed since they are all different subjects so I think it his choice.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to surveillance camera guy?

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Post by Inu » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 2:47 PM UTC

theartfuldodger wrote: post #71

Inu wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reupload is gone...

That timing is interesting, I wouldn't be surprised if SCM is a hacker news reader or at least has a Google alert set up and actually saw this thread and reacted. Using the filename and basic dorking you can still find copies as I found a half dozen last night when sharing the above link, but seems like sharing any link just helps it disappear. If the two channels are really the same producer, which seems true to me,…

Yeah, I thought this too. My impression is he doesn't want to be associated with this video anymore. If I had to speculate I'd say VH seems like a person with a clear moral code who has outgrown the idea of having filmed people against their will. The video has also recently been used to make Oblivion NPC memes with a million views. I think he's tired of it, but that's mostly just speculation.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to surveillance camera guy?

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Post by karmakurtisaani » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:26 PM UTC

emerged wrote: post #48

cortic wrote: post #34

It is fascinating even reading these comments, people falling over themselves trying to define a difference between 'some guy' recording them, and cctv (which is effectively 'some guy' recording them). It kind of reminds me of a nature program i watched some time ago, where they 'concealed' the cameras in plain sight by strapping them onto trees to get footage. Its important to remind ourselves that we are simple ani…

It’s pretty simple. The state passively monitoring everyone is a blanket society scale phenomena. One dude following you around with a camera is a targeted 1:1 social confrontation. The difference is so vast it baffles me that anyone would consider them interchangeable.

Fully agree with you. It feels like people who think differently on the matter have abstracted away everything else but the fact that there's a camera looking in your direction. Sure, if you think like that, they're the same, but if you consider the context AT ALL, they're two totally different things.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to surveillance camera guy?

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Post by davidjytang » Wed, Apr 06, 2022, 2:48 AM UTC

Barrin92 wrote: post #29

insickness wrote: post #21

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In the US, it is legal to photograph and film in public as long as there is not an expectation of privacy, such as a restroom. And it should remain legal. If I want to film a police officer arresting someone, they can't tell me to stop. If I'm on a public sidewalk filming a private business, they can't tell me to stop. You can't legally use someone's image in an advertisement without their consent. But that's differe…

>If I want to film a police officer arresting someone, they can't tell me to stop to clarify this is legal here as well. Places or people of public interest are excluded from this. So crimes, public figures, monuments, public buildings and so on you can photograph as much as you want. The law protects private individuals, say someone taking your picture specifically on a train, in a gym or what have you. >You don't o…

My retail customers had to apply for surveillance license when they put up cameras facing streets. I couldn't remember if it was US or UK...