This should be higher up in the list AND it can be extended to every belief in general about 'we' are better then 'them' because of religion/ money/ education/ the place where you live/ the colour of your socks/ etc.etc.

Huzzah, huzzah! The only thing more ridiculous than cancelling someone for a trivial offense committed years ago, is someone digging through ten years of someone else's social media in search of something to use against them.

Not widely considered normal. Considered creepy, disturbing, and exploitative among sane people.

Lot of time, the pressure to go to work come from the management side.

Being rude to anyone.

There is a special place in hell for these folks

It’s extremely sad and toxic

It should be illegal. The last thing I want is for someone to take a photo of me and end up becoming a meme or something.

it depends on the situation; when photographing in public places, it's not practical to ask people's permission; as a photographer who shoots a lot of festivals and other public gatherings, I avoid posting embarrassing or unflattering images, but I do post photos of strangers without their knowledge --- and newspapers publish them too

Weird that Bored Panda runs this one, considering how many photos they post (just like so many other sites)

It still is creepy

WRONG! Just look at photos by any great street photographer like Cartier-Bresson or Vivian Maier.

Taking photos at a crowded place like a theme park is ok, especially if the focus isn't even the people. Focusing in on random hottie is bad, yes.

If they are in public - all is fair.

Plus also look how many photos of celebrities get published without permission.

This happened to me at a Mcdonalds. Standing in line waiting. Minding my own business. I saw something out of the corner of my eye and some man was taking my photo. Still have zero clue why. Wearing jeans and a T-shirt and I am a middle aged boring ass woman. Pre-mask pandemic and super weird.

Agreed. I saw a lot of FB groups where they shamed strangers for their "bad taste in fashion". Crazy.

There's a law against that in Germany. You're not allowed to publish pictures of strangers without their explicit approval, exceptions are when the focus isn't on the people, like taking a picture of a place like an old downtown, where just some people happen to walk around, or on special gatherings like a demonstration or the crowd on a festival (but only when the focus isn't on a specific person).

There is a lot of grey area here. It is not illegal (in North America) to take people’s photo in public. You can’t use it for commercial means like an add for a product or something without permission, but I believe you can publish it for other reasons. Many photographers have candid photos of people in public that is published works.

Technically, this is illegal and you can be sued for it. Using someone's image without their knowledge or consent is considered a breach of intellectual property (basically you own your image, much like a copyright). My husband is a photography hobbyist and this was made very clear to him at a photog's workshop.

I sometimes wonder whose photos I'm in and what they do with those pics. Out of my control.

It's called stalker until they became paparazzi.

Street photography?

Completely disagree. Since the dawn of the internet, photos of strangers have appeared without their knowledge and few found that creepy. Photo sharing sites like Flickr were (and still are) full of them. Creepy? So street photography is creepy? I don't see why this is creepy or toxic as hell. When you know that in many public places in the Western world there are masses of security cameras and constantly filmed, then it is strange that taking pictures is seen as scary. As a tourist it is very difficult to take pictures somewhere without people you don't really know. Tourist photos seem quite normal to me, even if you put them on the internet. In addition, there is such a thing as freedom of the press: how else can journalists do their job? They can't constantly ask everyone whether or not they can take a picture?

My friend has had people taking pictures of them at the gym because they're male presenting non binary but assigned female at birth. They are covered in tattoos and they get yelled at and stared at but to have had photos taken of them at the gym is just disgusting. They have complained to management about this but the gym staff originally stood by and did nothing whilst it was happening.

I remember when my friend and I were holding hands and walked into my locker rooms. We got called the f slur and the c word. We were told to go kill ourselves. When my friend fought back, it just got worse. Turns out someone videoed the entire thing and posted it somewhere while posing like a toxic b***h. Love highschool.

I got photos taken of me and used as a 'muslim skipping the queue' 'cheeky foreigner' and it was posted on a Facebook page. It was taken in Ireland where I am from, in a queue which i did not skip by someone not Irish

Public space

Not just on the internet. I once went shopping at Whole Foods and stopped to browse in the vitamin section. Opened the newspaper to the Health section later that week, and discovered that a photographer had taken a photo of me from behind holding some vitamins, to illustrate a story on the popularity of vitamins and supplements. I had no idea someone took a photo of me, and instead of being thrilled at having my picture in the paper, I was a little creeped out.

Illegal where I live.

Reminds me of a woman who took picture of my daughter without my knowing and showed it to me saying “ow look at how cute she is”. She was shocked when I told her coldly to delete it. Some people are just insane…

In Japan it is law that you must have the sound enabled on your phone so that if you take a photo, it clicks or makes an audible shutter noise so people are aware they've been photographed.

If I am not wrong in italy it is illegal