Later it states 1193 videos were made from 133,000 cameras that were hacked, so while nobody but the people with the data can say for sure, it is quite possible it was just a lobby camera.

ok, that’s fair point. i will admit i have originally reacted just to copied lede without reading the details, i did not really expect that remark to turn into such discussion.

Yes, but your argument is that people should have gone elsewhere. People are just giving you pretty reasonable explanations as to why they might not have simply gone to another doctor.

and that argument stays. if the camera was in fact visible in the exam room (speculation indeed), then walking away would be the only reasonable reaction. i assume that some first line gynecologist don’t perform some critical emergency procedures (and even if so, they would be just fraction of their services) that would really not allow you to wait and go elsewhere. sooner or later, someone should notice and raise an alarm.

Assuming the camera was visible and in the exam room is just that, an assumption

of course it is an assumption. i am reacting within some parameters outside of which this discussion does not make sense.

You can justify victim blaming all you want, but the fact of the matter is the blame lies solely on the perpetrator.

advocating common sense is not victim blaming. playing a victim card is not going to help you when something bad happens to you. lemmy.zip/post/54116147/23096002

You can, and should, have situational awareness, but that is something that comes with experience and practice. Not everyone can prepare for every situation.

and one should assume that at least some of the women who were patients there had one. it only takes one person to raise an alarm in situation like that.