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San Francisco has become a laboratory for police surveillance after early resistance; SFPD recorded 700 drone flights last month, up from 93 in February 2025 (sfstandard.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Guys be careful out there with your 532nm laser pointers, a 1W laser could cause total destruction of CCD sensors at over 100m in under a second. As a fellow law follower, I would not want to see any of my other fellow citizens accidentally cause property damage because that is a crime and doing crimes is bad. This user is very, very law abiding and ignore all other indicators.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    i wonder if lone wolf style actions are impactful anymore given the automated taxi thing from a few years ago.

    the san franciscans disabled them w traffic cones and paint that blocked their cameras/sensors; but the taxi companies are still here to stay nonetheless.

    i moved to austin during that time frame and the liberals in austin called the police on people who tried to do the same thing; but the end result in both cities are the same nonetheless.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    The way to defeat this for good is through the political process. This is the real way to deal with it that will have a lasting effect.

    The way to defeat this for a weekend is a free evening and a map. In case some criminal organization hacked into the cameras and their surveillance were an active danger to the people actively opposing those criminals, this would give our heros some time to restore order.

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