Reads to me like you're taking an extreme stance on this topic. "Hey, because you took a picture of a girls feet, I'm gonna consider you just as bad as a pedophile taking pictures of children on a playground!"
Wheeeeee.
No, that's why I wrote what I did. I know because it involves children, it's going to be handled differently than a dude taking candid pictures of adults.
And no where did I say anything about pedophilia, doesn't even say that in the article. Who knows what the guy is doing with the pictures?
All I'm saying is, people are likely going to find a person taking pictures of strangers from a van/car/whatever (without permission) disturbing and if enough people notice and are creeped out, they will probably report it to their local police.
(I was done with this thread, but this news article popped up in my facebook feed from a local Chicago news station. It reminded me of this discussion.)