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People are 3D printing covers for Flock cameras in response to “indiscriminate mass surveillance" (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 3 days ago by lowprofilestudio@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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The internet is losing it.

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[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What are the other part(s)?

[–] javasux@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The privatized database of location data that the police use without any of the regulations that usually apply to government surveillance

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Bluetooth readers as cars drive by, is that what you’re talking about?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Idk if the Flock cameras also scan Bluetooth, but they are the eyes of the system that feeds the database with location data and destroys privacy. By blinding the eyes, its input becomes coarser, its data older, but the previous data is still there.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Idk if the Flock cameras also scan Bluetooth

Newer models do

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago

So if you close the eyes, that database can't create new data.

It isn't much but it is the first step.