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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 183072" data-attributes="member: 9521"><p>I guess it all boils down to where a reasonable expectation of privacy begins and end. Take the example the telephone. You cannot place a tap on a persons phone without a court order as a person making the call has a reasonable expectation of privacy. But then what about those people who talk on their phones while walking around in a public area like a mall or while standing in line at a grocery store? Do they have a reasonable expectation to privacy if they're speaking loudly in a public place? The answer is no, they have lost any expectation of privacy by not taking reasonable measures to insure that privacy. I would argue the same dynamic applies here. Does a person standing in front of an open window have a reasonable expectation of privacy? Again the answer is no, you do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy if you can be seen from a public place. However, this is only US law, other countries, like France for instance, have a very different take on what is and what isn't considered privacy.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 183072, member: 9521"] I guess it all boils down to where a reasonable expectation of privacy begins and end. Take the example the telephone. You cannot place a tap on a persons phone without a court order as a person making the call has a reasonable expectation of privacy. But then what about those people who talk on their phones while walking around in a public area like a mall or while standing in line at a grocery store? Do they have a reasonable expectation to privacy if they're speaking loudly in a public place? The answer is no, they have lost any expectation of privacy by not taking reasonable measures to insure that privacy. I would argue the same dynamic applies here. Does a person standing in front of an open window have a reasonable expectation of privacy? Again the answer is no, you do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy if you can be seen from a public place. However, this is only US law, other countries, like France for instance, have a very different take on what is and what isn't considered privacy. [/QUOTE]

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