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Unfortunately you just don't get it.

I and many others DON'T LIKE BEING RECORDED.

It is a gross invasion of our privacy, illegal without our permission and opens up innumerable issues should I do something that could be classed a crime. And absolutely no amount of "getting used to it" is going to change that.

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> illegal without our permission

Unless you're in a public space, of course.

> absolutely no amount of "getting used to it" is going to change that.

The Amish believe something similar about phones in the house - the belief that a stranger being able to reach out and interrupt you at any point is detrimental. The rest of the world seems to have adjusted okay, though.

I keep Facebook chat turned off for a very similar reason.

If you're out on a date, you're probably being recorded already. There are very few businesses that don't have security cameras.

Security cameras are not immediately posted on YouTube. People have become nonchalant about recording others and disseminating the footage, it'll be even weirder if you can't see that they have a camera. How would you ever be able to drop your guard?

It would probably the same as posting to online forums like this one. Most of the time, the Secret Service doesn't show up at your house to investigate something you say, but it does happen, so you self-censor accordingly.

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