Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

Regretful cities aren’t sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

  • Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    17 hours ago

    They don’t just collect video either. Audio, network traffic, Bluetooth devices, tons of electronic intelligence can still be gotten with covered cameras

    • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      I don’t know how, but I bet there’s an enterprising way to make a nice cheap battery powered Bluetooth scrambler that can be stuck right on one of those poles with a magnet and just absolutely ruin their signals.

      • M137@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        50 minutes ago

        Don’t think they’ll do much against the audio, but that seems like it won’t be much use by itself. Though that doesn’t matter, it’s the principle that matters, they shouldn’t be allowed to record audio like that no matter how useless it is.

    • trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      2·
      9 hours ago

      The Bluetooth tracking is much more sinister than people know. The city I’m in has devices specifically for this placed strategically along with the alpr and cameras. Its fuckin’ wild. Can’t even leave without them tracking you.