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0 pointsicebraining10y ago0 comments

All of this information can be derived from a dashcam, and they're ubiquitous today.

They are? Where? According to the SF Chronicle, "hardly anyone in the U.S. uses dash cams except police and commercial truck and taxi drivers."

Here in Europe, many countries don't even allow them (we have a different concept of "expectation of privacy" around here).

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roel_v10y ago

'Here' = in Europe. It's only illegal in Austria.

icebrainingOP10y ago

Where in Europe? They certainly aren't here in Portugal nor in Spain, and I don't remember seeing them in Belgium, which I've visited recently.

As for the legality, I wouldn't be so sure. Owning them is certainly legal, but filming the public street indiscriminately is usually considered against the Data Protection Directive, and I don't see why would dashcams be excluded.

roel_v10y ago

Across Europe. OK I guess 'ubiquitous' might be an overstatement, but I regularly see cars with dash cams in Belgium, The Netherlands, France and Germany, which is where I have driven the last few years. I can't find any Europe-wide actual sales data, but I don't see why there would be huge differences in other countries. Also, they're readily on sale in e.g. Spain, Portugal and Hungary (just 3 countries I checked). Which of course doesn't necessarily mean that they're being bought en mass, but which does give an indication.

agumonkey10y ago

I rarely see them, but I was told that stores do sell a few dashcam kits. I wish it was a standard practice, I couldn't care less about privacy, people are far too crazy on the roads, even on parking lots (I'd even buy 4 cams to cover all sides).

Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd10y ago

They might not be illegal here in Germany, but dash cam videos are regularly thrown out as evidence by courts. (And that's quite surprising, the bar is very high for that to happen in Germany. No fruit of the poisonous tree here.)

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roel_v10y ago

'Here' = in Europe. It's only illegal in Austria.

icebrainingOP10y ago

Where in Europe? They certainly aren't here in Portugal nor in Spain, and I don't remember seeing them in Belgium, which I've visited recently.

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