The State of Arizona has a statute now making it a crime to post nudes of another person without permission. It came from the several suicides of teenagers, whose "lives were over" at school. There have always been photo release contracts, even for clothed individuals.
Used to be that any photo was taken in ones Sunday best and for posterity. It was taken professionally, or then Kodachrome cameras, etc. Everyone smiles. People stand in groups, they pose, they stand taller and straighter. One could be embarrassed by a bad photo, it could give a bad first impression, or it could be an issue of just plain vanity. Last month, someone posted a bad pic of me naked with a drum between my legs, sitting. My stomach was bulging, the angle was not flattering. The next thing that I know, it shows up on MY Facebook page! I have other friends and associates, other lives that I don't care to muddle with a reputation as "the pudgy nudist." I chose to delete it and figured out how. To be candid, what bothered me the most, was the vain notion that it misrepresented my body.
DF and I make a point of leaving our faces off of nude photos, so that they won't be lifted and used for some other sexy interest, like "Real Nekkid Nudes tumbler dot something. I don't think that either of us have a problem with anyone seeing our real deal live nude bodies, unless it was a dirty minded jerk making catcalls and being lewd. Still, pics are posterity and can misrepresent, so I go through and make sure we look good enough, or not distorted before publishing on my website.
In general, I suspect the vast majority of people look at a fresh pic that they are in and critique themselves. They will always choose the one that they feel that they look best in.
I found an internet pic of DF and a friend at a resort function one day. It was from behind, not particularly flattering, but no permission was asked. It was taken on the sly. We had conversation with them minutes before. I may or may not confront the person who took the pic someday (I figured out who). Even at the Rainbow Gathering, one of the most anarchistic gatherings around, people asked for permission politely. We told them sure, just don't post on the internet. There was a sneeky youtube movie posted of us, dancing nude in the crowd and then playing in the snow, by another, however. That is like a drone. Whether I'm clothed or not, I still like my privacy. Just ask me politely and most likely I have no problem with it.
What I do in my yard is My business and my choice to share. Some people get defensive and even violent when someone snaps a pic without permission. It probably isn't worth the trouble. There are common feelings there among us, justified, or not.
There are the other privacy issues that are being violated by drones, not just the kid next door. Where I spend my time and with who, my papers and coorospondence, what I read, who I like, what I eat, my politics, all of these and more are mine and me. I don't belong to any government. Drones take freedom, like NSA reading my email, my library lists, and tracking me. My privacy is protected in the Constitutional Bill of Rights.
Jbee
