In a way you are right, but there is a lot of difference between a camera and a light meter.

Speaking as a photographer...

Not really a single pixel camera, more of a single pixel light absorption meter taken over an area...

I fart in your general direction.

United States of America, Founded on Terrorism....

Living close to Nanaimo, I have had real Nanaimo bars. yes they are sweet, but no more so than any other dessert bar, and they have never made me sick....

Kit-Kats or Lollipops on the other hand, especially shortly after Halloween....

But, but, it is only terrorism if you are on the receiving end. If you are dishing it out it is justified.
History is written by the winners...

so does Gnome run on gnome?
Seriously, does this new point of sale system run on Linux?

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If you walk through someone's property it is not legal, but no one is really going to press charges. If it were to go to trial, you could feign ignorance, but you may still be charged with trespassing. There are lots of contributing factors.

During an amber alert, the more important goal is to find the missing child. It is a weighing of ethics.
Do you go around testing doors to see if any are unlocked? You may get into trouble.
And the site in question is not being visited to notify owners their security is poor, it is much more voyeuristic than that...

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Just because something is legal does not mean it is ethical.

Not necessarily. If someone is hanging their laundry outside to dry, it doesn't mean it is public.

Wrong, it is not necessarily legal and legitimate to enter a public or commercial building unless you have permission of the owner. A couple of examples, is it legal to enter your white house? Tours are on specific areas only. if you hop the roped off areas you will get in trouble. A store owner can ask you to leave their premises for any reason (they usually won't because they want you to spend money, but the law is on the store owners side) For this case of the cameras it is a bit more complicated because, in essence the owners are publicly broadcasting. I agree that the best thing to do is not to watch. Interesting that the site is hosted in Russia. I think it would be shut down in most western countries. However IANAL

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