Aigars Mahinovs <[email protected]> writes: > This has been discussed before. While that sounds non-problematic, it will > in fact make it nearly impossible to have any useful photographic coverage > of a Debconf.
It is not 'nearly impossible', it is just restricted. > No signals on badges or lanyards are visible enough to be able to > notice a person who do not want to be photographed in the public of a > talk, in a hacklab, in C&W party or in corridor discussions. That is easy: do not take photographs in those situations if you cannot figure it out. Precautionary principle applies. Yes, you can still manage to get a group shot, all you have to do is ask. > Either this will be a false promise to attendees or there will be no > photos of that Debconf. There would still be photos of that Debconf. Saying 'there will be no photos of that Debconf' is unnecessary hyperbole. > In general, if anyone does not want to be photographed, it should be > sufficient for that person to ask the photographers. It would be more respectful and just as sufficient to not take photographs, defaulting to opt-out, and instead ask the people being photographed if they are ok with it. > Statistically I can say that usually at past Debconfs 2-3 people have asked > me not to take their pictures and around a handful of photos across like a > decade of Debconfs had to be removed or modified on request of people in > the photo. And both of these numbers have been decreasing over time. I have had to ask you multiple times at multiple debconfs to not take my photo. I'd like that statistic to decrease over time. micah
