Heres another quick comparison. Just because I can walk up and down my residential street and see lots of windows open and without any curtains drawn, does not make it okay for me to walk up to each window and take a picture of the inside of the houses on my street (publicly viewed information). What if I then take those photos, make a compiled list (analysis) of the details of say, everyone's televisions (or whatever), then buy billboard space and list all of that information for public view. Is that okay?
If you walked right up to their window, that would probably not be OK, as you would be on private property. A person has a reasonable expectation of privacy on their own private property.
However, if their curtains are wide open, and one can see their television from the street, they can't have a reasonable expectation of privacy on what they are watching.
I'm looking forward to this analysis. I voted to post it.
Note: This post broke my 10,000 post marker.
