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[-] archchan@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Good, fuck this panopticon dystopia shit.

Also, some guy sliced the entire pole and left a message:

hahaha get wrecked ya surveilling fucks

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago

They sell battery powered angle grinders at Harbour Freight.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Paint ball guns with permanent ink ammunition works too.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

powerful laser pointers can burn camera sensors out too

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Just please wear properly rated safety glasses and keep them away from bystanders.

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Damn that's aluminium, not steel. You can do that with an angle grinder, reciprocating saw, or even a mapp gas torch

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[-] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 13 points 1 week ago

Fun fact: lots of them have exposed cables that should not be cut with a long arm pruning pole found in your grandmother's shed.

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[-] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago

This is exactly what this company deserves, to be smashed out of business and history.

Reminder: If you destroy a camera, be aware that other cameras in the area may be recording you as well. Protect your identity.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Leave your fucking phone at home too.

[-] exaybachae@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Faraday bags work... But test them.

I got a cheapo $7 Chromebook sized bag that seemed to work for my SOs iphone. We don't use NFC so I couldn't test that.

No BT, WiFi, or Cell, and probably no GPS.

I only did casual testing.

The screen still showed the signal having low bars for WiFi and cellular, but it didn't actually receive a signal at all when trying to call or use the net, not even with the top of the bag open a sliver and my hand in there.

If the device was off or in airplane mode and in the bag, I'd be comfortable assuming it was safely hidden from tracking.

I haven't thoroughly tested my various personal devices, but I expect identical results.

I think everyone should probably have a bag like this around, in a go-bag or something, just in case. And it's safer to have your phone available than not, as long as it's secure (use a pin or password to lock it, use encryption, put emergency info on it for first responders).

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

If you're going to use a Faraday bag, use it regularly, like every day at random times.

Imagine you are being accused of a crime. The crime occured at 8pm. The phone records show that your phone went dark at your house 7pm and then reconnected at 9pm at your house. The crime scene is 1 hour away from your home by foot. Records show this is the only time your phone went dark in a very long time.

So if you bag your phone (aluminium foil bags work pretty good too), do it regularly, randomly, and don't bag it and unbag it immediately before leaving or after getting home

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[-] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago

my neighbor hood has one right at the entrance. I make a point of flipping it off every time i pass it. Also, If you were curious how many of these violations of privacy are around you. Here you go- https://deflock.org/map

[-] londos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Everyone should start 3d printing faces of Epstein and take them everywhere they go

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[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I just learned HGTV has a Jan 7 2026 show called "Neighborhood Watch". It's like America's Funniest Home Videos, but it's all doorbell/security cameras. User-submitted, I think. I absolutely refuse to believe this was a casual idea from HGTV as they struggle to maintain viewership. There's no way this isn't funded by one of these companies, meant to continue making everyone comfortable with constant surveillance and increasing the desire to have constant recording devices to catch these one-off comedic moments.

Tagline: "Everywhere you go, cameras are recording. Your neighbors are watching."

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Fuck centralized surveillance.

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[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Well, the CEO did openly invite and approve of this. In his own words, Flock cameras aren't forced on anyone. So the only logical conclusion is to destroy them if so desired.

[-] BanMe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

There's one a block from my house, and three blocks from my work, so they can see me coming and going each direction.

...BRB

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[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

A city near me has installed a device that tracks vehicles based on their tpms (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) sensors.

All cars after 2008 in the US have TPMS. Inside the tire, integrated with the vale stem, are little pressure sensors with a radio that broadcasts on the 315Mhz band. Each one uses a slightly different frequency so that your vehicle can tell which of the four tires is low.

So each vehicle in the US made after 2008 has four unique radio signals being broadcast from it, and now there are police departments with equipment that can track those signals, and can assign each car a signature based on the frequencies the sensors are broadcasting on.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

That's alarming, but how much can these really vary? I'd be surprised if a lot of vehicles weren't the same.

[-] iglou@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, from my knowledge, the person you replied to is inaccurate. All tires will transmit at the same frequency. But every X seconds, when each tire transmits its data, it transmits an ID unique to its transmitter with it.

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[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Just like everyone is quitting facebook, ChatGPT, and all the other things people are boycotting that seem to never have anything happen to them.

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[-] caboose2006@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Benn Jordan has done great videos on this stuff

[-] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I was actually thinking about acquiring one myself. I want to dissect it, hook it up to some monitoring equipment/ software, see what I can learn about it… functionality, vulnerability, anything. But I’m also worried about the potential I accidentally show up on a video feed stored somewhere remote. I’ve been checking eBay for them, but honestly… there are several right by my home. We’ll see what happens, in time.

[-] nulluser@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I'd recommend caution. No idea if these things have a built in GPS, but I wouldn't be surprised considering how easy/cheap it is for electronics hobbyists to add GPS functionality to their projects. Take it home and fire it up and you may potentially be telling the gestapo right where you live.

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[-] Safetyshaft@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Similar to what happened in Hong Kong a few years back when the CCP introduced metal telephone poles chock full of monitoring equipment and cameras.

[-] Butterpaderp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Offtopic, but it's sad how all discussion about Hong Kong just slipped away into the void. I think this is the first time I've seen it mentioned in almost a year.

One of my friends just didn't even remember it happening, he thought I was making it up at first.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

It’s sad, but I don’t think there’s much else that can be done. I guess it’s all running how the CCP wants it now? (Or are there still protests we just don’t hear about?)

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Beijing inserted candidates into the local elections, won power and passed sweeping National Security laws which allowed for mass arrests and the breaking up of pro-democracy institutions. The key people in the movement were jailed. New laws, mass arrests and detainment effectively ended protests.

TL;DR: it was crushed.

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