It certainly is. Even if it is not new it is very different.
Curtis left his blinds open. He knew or should have known that voyeurs would or could watch and/or film his private affairs.
This young man requested privacy from his roommate and got a verbal agreement that he would not be disturbed.
Not only was his trust violated by his roommate secretly recording his most private moments without his knowledge but his private affairs were published for all the world to see with out his approval.
The college roommate thing is rarely with out some kind of friction. But with out some agreement to honor privacy it has no chance of working.
One thing that is new is the ease with which something like this can be done. An camera can be very small and easily concealed. The camera can stream video to a nearby computer by Bluetooth wireless or broadband wireless router.
Then within minutes the video can be uploaded to the internet on Youtube or any number of other video file sharing networks for all the world to see. Although everyone expects and takes their privacy for granted in all reality privacy is an archaic notion today. Technology has made it so.
I suspect the killer is among the people who had EARLIER visited with the kid in his room ~ after all, the kid didn't tell them what was going on ~ although he knew.
There's a murder here and people want to run off squealing into the woods about "privacy". I think we should turn our attention to who had a motive and forget this suicide stuff ~ he left his wallet and keys behind on the bridge. He was killed.
BTW, having visited in one of those “facing apartments” I recall that Tony didn’t have “blinds” ~ that place was OPEN ALL THE TIME as far as I could tell.
Even if he knew or should have known, he probably didn't care.
Then within minutes the video can be uploaded to the internet on Youtube or any number of other video file sharing networks for all the world to see. Although everyone expects and takes their privacy for granted in all reality privacy is an archaic notion today. Technology has made it so.
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.