We really have are turned into the world that George Orwell wrote about in 1984. If it's not the government recording us, it's our own fellow humans. It's kind of incredible and scary.
The part I remember most vividly about 1984 was the one scene where the main character had this one, tiny area in his apartment where he could stand where the cameras couldn't see him, and he treasured it.
To think that we're living in such a world now where our own privacy is exactly like this, something that is fleeting and to be treasured, is frightening.
Except there is a huge legally and socially understood difference between "your apartment" and "Burger King".
It would be totally different if dude had overheard this coming from open window of home and taken pictures through window. I would expect (no idea if so) that to be a criminal and/or civil invasion of privacy.
Privacy is not inherent/automatic. You have to take steps to establish privacy (move to private space being most common) before your privacy can be violated.
There's a huge difference between a one-time random tweeting event and constant monitoring. I'm not worried about random recording by strangers - but I am worried at the trend by many (most?) governments in their increasing capacity to record our conversations and control the means of communication.
The part I remember most vividly about 1984 was the one scene where the main character had this one, tiny area in his apartment where he could stand where the cameras couldn't see him, and he treasured it.
To think that we're living in such a world now where our own privacy is exactly like this, something that is fleeting and to be treasured, is frightening.