I think the message is a bit vague in context. It is not really about taking candid pics of people in situ. It is saying don’t invade a person’s space to stand right next to them for a selfie, or demand that they stop what they are doing to pose for your picture.
It might be my autism, but this was completely lost on me and interpreted as “don’t take any pictures with people in them without permission”
No. Not autism, just badly phrased as part of a confusing gray area of “When are you allowed to use your phone in public?” online discourse.
There’s plenty of people who sincerely believe you don’t have any kind of rights to photography of anyone at any place for any reason, without explicit consent. There’s others who believe heckling and cat calling is perfectly normal acceptable behavior. And then there’s a thousand lines in between.
Standing half naked in a garish “please pay attention to me” costume near a sign that says “Stop taking my picture without asking me first” is confusing to the point of feeling like rage bait.
It might be my autism, but this was completely lost on me and interpreted as “don’t take any pictures with people in them without permission”
No. Not autism, just badly phrased as part of a confusing gray area of “When are you allowed to use your phone in public?” online discourse.
There’s plenty of people who sincerely believe you don’t have any kind of rights to photography of anyone at any place for any reason, without explicit consent. There’s others who believe heckling and cat calling is perfectly normal acceptable behavior. And then there’s a thousand lines in between.
Standing half naked in a garish “please pay attention to me” costume near a sign that says “Stop taking my picture without asking me first” is confusing to the point of feeling like rage bait.