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Public Up-Skirt Cams Ruled Legal

Posted by timothy on from the when-judges-go-without-sleep dept.

bje2 writes "Privacy advocates will undoubtedly be up in arms about a ruling by the Washington State Supreme court which decided that such privacy violating technology as 'up the skirt cams' are not illegal in public places (like a mall)... CNet has the story here."

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  1. Reasonable expectations of privacy. by fmaxwell · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This ruling is fundamentally flawed. Women wear skirts with the expectation that people will not see up them since people, are, by and large, taller than 24". A woman could reasonably expect that, were she not walking on a scaffolding that people would not see up her skirt. That technology has made it possible for someone to violate a woman's privacy with a quarter-sized camera does not mean that it should be legal.

    Another question: Based on this ruling, a woman should expect that people will be able to see up her skirt. Does that mean that she would be guilty of exposing herself if she wore a knee length skirt with no underwear?