invasion of privacy theme

One character does something to another character that would be offensive and considered a violation of the other character's reasonable expectation of privacy, if found out. Typical this happens when one character spies on another.

41 total · 4 choice · 14 major · 23 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
bbf1x16 choice Sinclair and Ivanova considered Colonel Ari Ben Zayn efforts to mind scan telepaths a violation of rights.
blackmirror4x02 choice Maria invaded Sara's privacy by secretly accessing Sara's monitoring implant.
blackmirror6x01 choice Joan turned to her lawyer for satisfaction after Streamberry started broadcasting her life in realtime. It turned out that Streamberry was surveilling Joan, and everyone, through smartphone and such like devices.
ftt1982e3x01 choice Goldilocks learned to respect the privacy and property of others in so far as you can't go around barging into peoples homes without their permission. This is commonly thought to be one of the important morals of this story.
ahh2x06 major Harry took exception to his nosey neighbor, Mrs. Logan, constantly watching him out of her bedroom window. Little did anyone know that they were in cahoots.
bbf1x17 major Sinclair and Ivanova upset about telepath
bbf2x19 major Ivanova objected to telepathic scans ostensibly out of privacy concerns.
blackmirror1x03 major We saw time and again ways in which people were made/coerced to disclose their implant recordings.
blackmirror6x04 major The paparazzi Bo was snapping photos of celebrities in private settings. At the opening of the story, she scored some photos of the celebrity Justin Camley leaving a motel room together with a "male buddy". Justin took his own life after the scandalous photos were published. The main part of the story follows Bo and some fellow paparazzi as they track down Mazey Day, a celebrity who'd been living in seclusion ever since committing a hit-and-run in the Czech Republic.
ds92x22 major Odo and Cardassians justified spying. Garak wanted privacy about his drug addiction. Bashir wanted to look at Garak's medical records without permission.