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Fully automatic machine guns are quite banned.

Using a telephoto to peer into someones window is also illegal as they typically have an expectation of privacy.

Photoshopping a movie stars face onto a nude body has been around a long time and much of the fake porn of famous people was done this way, probably mostly by individuals. Please give it a google if you doubt me, at your own risk.

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> Using a telephoto to peer into someones window is also illegal as they typically have an expectation of privacy.

In the US, in NY at least, they do not. A case about exactly this (telephoto lens photography through someone else's window, later displayed as art) didn't survive a motion to dismiss. This was upheld on appeal. Foster v Svenson (2015).

> Fully automatic machine guns are quite banned.

That very much depends on where you are. In US, they're not banned in most states, although they're quite expensive to get, and there's a lot more paperwork than usual.

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