Why do we have no right or expectation of privacy in public? Sure, the people around us will be able to see what we are doing, but does that mean that we should accept that someone could follow us and record our every move? Shouldn't we require that the government have a very good reason (and convince a judge of this) in order to surveil us?
Public property belongs to all of us, and I believe that we should have a reasonable expectation of privacy on our property. This doesn't mean that we should expect people to look the other way when we approach - that's not reasonable, but we should expect that our every move will not be watched and recorded by our government or anyone else.
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Why do we have no right or expectation of privacy in public? Sure, the people around us will be able to see what we are doing, but does that mean that we should accept that someone could follow us and record our every move? Shouldn't we require that the government have a very good reason (and convince a judge of this) in order to surveil us?
Public property belongs to all of us, and I believe that we should have a reasonable expectation of privacy on our property. This doesn't mean that we should expect people to look the other way when we approach - that's not reasonable, but we should expect that our every move will not be watched and recorded by our government or anyone else.