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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 23 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Simply get a remote camera. You can place it in the back of your back pack. Then just pretend to be looking the other way. You don't have to look at the video as it is happening.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 16 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Oh wow this is the most genius method yet.

No eye-contact mean a very low chance of confrontation.

I'm gonna see what I can find for this

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

don't forget to get some XR glasses so you're sure to get all the action in-frame.

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and a hoodie to cover all the wires.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

With a small action cam Velcroed. It could be in a soda can too...just place the soda can strategically and walk away. Pick it up later.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago

Those 360 cams would be decent for this because they don’t need aiming and you can zoom in on the interesting action after the fact.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I would have a shirt with a hole cut in the breast pocket. Then point a phone camera out while it records.

A few details: you’ll want a busy pattern on the shirt to make the hole less noticeable. You’ll also want an app that can record without easily being stopped (the default camera on my phone can be interfered with just by moving around inside a pocket).

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

being around police officers of any kind isn't safe but you can film them as much as you want

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 46 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They asked for "masked armed men" not police officers.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 27 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The law only gets you compensation after the abuse and destruction ends. If anything.

[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

to add to this, 'you can beat the charges but you can't beat the ride' is a saying coined by our american police, their extrajudicial punishments include rough rides among other cruelty

your rights aren't a shield.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago

You get shot. See also: several journalists.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Pretend to be on the phone

[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago

This is often the simplest. I've done it a few times. It helps to practice to know where you're pointing the phone when it's up to your ear. If it's noisy you can plug your other ear with your hand and tilt your head so the video isn't tilted if that matters to you

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

holds the phone in front of me

WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU, SPEAK UP. HELLO? YES I HAVE TO HOLD MY PHONE LIKE THIS, I'M ALLERGIC TO TECHNOLOGY. JUST GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY ROUTINE, DO NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THE HAT.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 18 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Get fake glasses with a camera or a pinhole camera on a button.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I need real glasses to see. Are there any that can also put real lenses in there?

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 hours ago

You can get hidden cameras in pretty much anything. There's stuff line pens with a camera built in.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago

Assuming the lenses can be removed and replaced, opticians should be able to cut prescription lenses to fit.

When my wife had her practice, we had a machine that could cut patterns using the frame. Then the pattern is used to cut the lenses. I'm sure it's even easier today.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 26 points 19 hours ago

With hidden cameras.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 13 hours ago

FYI Dji has removed the geofences on their products. You may need to do a firmware update.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 13 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

That sounds like a fine way to have your (presumably expensive) drone carrying your (presumably also expensive) camera hit with buckshot.

I'm not saying don't try anyways. But there's a good chance the gestapo just starts blastin'.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If you have watched anything from Ukraine, you will know that that isn't the easiest thing in the world.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm not saying you're wrong, but: has anyone in Ukraine actually tried a shotgun?

I generally try to avoid watching anything that'll scar my psyche, but, as far as I'm aware soldiers in the field don't usually carry shotguns, but rifles, in the anticipation of dealing with enemies wearing body armor/at some distance. And hitting a moving drone with a rifle, yes absolutely that'd be a bitch -- one projectile is not enough, especially for an erratic moving target.

Police (and I'm assuming ICE as well), generally dealing with people not equipped with body armor, tend to keep shotguns handy for a multitude of reasons (breaching doors, not overpenetrating through walls, etc), and skeet shooting is already a thing (though admittedly it would still be harder if the drone was moving erratically).

All this is to say: I don't know anything for a fact, because I've tried to avoid watching anything that'll scar me, but has anyone in Ukraine on either side had access to a shotgun or two before getting turned into gibs? because I can absolutely believe that soldiers with rifles would fail to shoot a drone, but I wouldn't be so quick to discount a couple people with shotguns unless that's already a solution the Russians tried before the cope cages. Especially in the context of just filming them, your drone probably isn't moving very fast or flying very high if you're trying to get a good shot.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

They have tried shotguns, nets, other drones, rocks, food cans, their guns when they run out of ammo, swinging their guns like a bat and many other things.

The drones are often used to attack inside established dugouts and such. They fly into the front door. So the defenders often do have shotguns and specifically for that purpose.

Drones are hard to hit, though.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

DJI Care Refresh has joined the chat (still expensive tho)

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Have a bigger gun with you.

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 9 points 18 hours ago (4 children)
[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 5 points 12 hours ago

Bring a bigger group.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Bring more homies, and more guns. What could go wrong?

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

GTA: SA has taught you well

Grove Street is for life homie, are you down?

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 2 points 12 hours ago

Punt Gun vs 23 kidnappers 4K 200,000FPS slomo.