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Greenpepper@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 days ago

A Deep Dive On Creepy Cameras

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A Deep Dive On Creepy Cameras

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Greenpepper@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 days ago
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George Orwell might’ve predicted the surveillance state, but it’s still surprising how many entities took 1984 as a how-to manual instead of a cautionary tale. [Benn Jordan] decided to …
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    The video: https://youtu.be/Pp9MwZkHiMQ

    [Jordan] was able to develop a transparent sticker that renders a license plate unreadable to the ALPR but still plainly visible to a human observer. https://github.com/bennjordan

    Other links: IR LEDs to confuse security cameras

    what about yarn

    camera that only takes nudes

    generates a picture based on geographic data

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      I wonder if those LED’s work on Flock cameras? They are getting to be dense enough that I’ve been tempted to do something to make it harder to read my plate for cameras, but there’s also one camera that needs to be able to read my plate for me to get though a gate.

      Also kinda tempted to throw an old license plate on my bicycle and take wacky ass routes around that cars can’t follow to put at least one bullshit data point in their data.

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        tempted to throw an old license plate on my bicycle

        From the video it sounds like the cameras are looking for tail lights and a rectangle to determine if it is a license plate or not.

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          I run front and rear lights on my bike, might be enough to get mistaken for a motorcycle.

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    POO-5000 is my new favorite license plate.

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