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My residence has a Ring doorbell. I wish that I owned the house, so that it was never installed in the first place.
I read recently that the lidar on many self driving cars can wreck the CCD on most phones. I don't know how it works, but maybe parking one of the cars by your front door will solve your problem.
Cheaper to buy a low wattage engraving laser module. It'll do the deed.
Who could have guessed that all the surveilance would be used by fascism? Ohh wait, everybody could have.
The thing is that nobody is fighting it.
Americans won't fight it. Dipshits keep saying that there will be a civil war if things escalate. That will never happend. The Trump protests have been pitiful.
They have a second amendment for just such an occasion, but they allowed their first amendment to be limited against calling for rebellion. Now the guns just kill the plebs, kids and bystanders.
Or the 2A people are perfectly content with their place in a fascist society.
I think we've known this about Ring cameras for awhile now at least. Lowkey I kinda seethe about any neighbors buying that spyware shit. It's not like the fucking cops give a singular shit about home robberies anyways.
But when you do experience a home invasion they will blame you not installing Spyware on your front door for why they won't bother investigating.
And if you do have said spyware, the robber could be holding up his drivers license reciting his social security number while doing it on video and the cops still wouldn't bother pursuing the lead.
I think we’ve known this about Ring cameras for awhile now at least.
Absolutely. Anything that can be hacked by some uneducated douche is going to be exploited by the government.
All is a bit of a stretch. I imagine a big chunk of surveillance is privately owned and not even on the network. At least the cast majority I have installed over the years are usually isolated or standalone networks.
A few years ago in SanDiego a proposal to install cameras came into being. They said the things were there for meteorology and security. The popo had to get a warrant to use the evidence on a case by case basis.
But soon enough:
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdpd-gets-more-control-over-surveillance-systems/3703267/
If you don't want this in your community or state, stand up for it. Say no to speed cameras, license plate readers etc. Those things are what keep Korean people under the government's thumb:
They carry ponchos and umbrellas even when its not raining. They do it to protect their own against cameras and AI.
Can wait till they ban umbrellas
If America is so scared of China, why are we hell bent in becoming China?
Their problem with China is the supposed atheism, and that they're not christian fundamentalists.
The same reason this administration does all the things they point their finger and accuse everyone else of doing. They're traitorous scumbags and hypocrites.
If we cant beat 'em, join 'em
(But only learn all the bad things. Renewable Energy and Clean Transit? Nah, can't let the plebs have a tiny bit of good things)
But we're doing it for profit, so it's OK.
Something happens Americanly in America
Americans: "What are we, a bunch of üntermench asians???"
just without the hope in the future, investment in human capital, rise in living standards etc..
and this is why my security system will never connect to the Internet.
I've had cops ask for my footage before that sneer at me sending them the raw files. "why can't you just pull up the app?" or my favorite, "you should use ring, then we can just send a request to them for the footage."
sure, pig. sure. I'll open my home as a part of your distributed network surveillance botnet. /s
you should use ring, then we can just send a request to them for the footage."
YIKES, thats whats called a weird flex.
It is surprising how difficult most camera companies have made it to avoid their subscription services.
Multiple companies that used to offer local rstp streaming have summarily removed support in firmware upgrades without notifying their customers. Even companies that support it (like Foscam) demand developer agreements be signed to get basic camera command information. Tp-link supports rstp but requires an phone app and Internet connection to configure their cameras.
Like you, I will never connect my cameras to the Internet, but we are slowly approaching a time when that by itself will be a cause for police investigation.
and that is when I'll diy should I need any foss cameras.
I learned about VPNs and torrenting thanks to corporations like EA releasing trash with a price tag on it, suppose I’ll start reading up on low voltage security systems so I can build my own, thanks for the tinkering idea fascists 👍