Seems a lot of modern tech is (ab)used for the purpose of perving. I recently visited a gym which seemed very social media oriented (not dissimilar to most gyms tbh), but as days went by I gathered the impression something weird was going on. I ended up suspecting (but having absolutely no evidence) that the owner or staff was using the cameras to spy on members. Further oddities exist in the reviews for the place, which includes staff walking into the change rooms (of the opposite sex) with naked people there.

That's a really long/specific way of saying: wildlife cameras spying on Indian women is an instance of a more general problem.

I feel like plausible deniability (e.g. security/monitoring) is so easy that discovering and alleging wrong-doing would be met with little more than shrugging of shoulders.

>I feel like plausible deniability...is so easy that discovering and alleging wrong-doing would be met with little more than shrugging of shoulders.

it was not met with shrugs

FTA: Young men appointed as temporary forest workers shared the photo on local Whatsapp and Facebook groups to "shame the woman," Simlai said. "We broke and set fire to every camera trap we could find after the daughter of our village was humiliated in such a brazen way," one local told the researchers.

What solution do you propose for private businesses? Having cameras is sensible, if not a must. People are abusive, burglars break in, staff steal, etc.

>>Further oddities exist in the reviews for the place, which includes staff walking into the change rooms (of the opposite sex) with naked people there.

Unless it was a one-off error, that is the reddest of red flags.