▲ 227 ▼ You Know About Flock Cameras, Meet Nema Nodes: They Turn Streetlights Into A Surveillance Network (www.gadgetreview.com) submitted 3 months ago by XLE@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.world 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments Standardized NEMA sockets let municipalities add cameras and air sensors to existing poles with no public vote or new hardware
[+] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip -2 points 3 months ago (-1 children) By north you mean up, I assume. And while that doesn't mean they can't install a camera, it does mean it would be the worst possible orientation. It would have to be a big ball on top or an assembly that came down underneath the lamp to point the camera at the ground. You could also plug in a non-camera sensor, like a Stingray cell phone snooper. Those are omnidirectional. But the bottom line is "you can plug stuff into power outlets", which is not really a story. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments replies: [+] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) Oh I see. Are they rotated? I assumed there was a socket on top that the bulb I can see from the ground plugs into. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments replies: [+] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) The article is about the sockets. You said the only opening in the housing points north, so you can see why I thought you were talking about the lamp housing and not the photocell housing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-2 replies) load more comments (-2 replies)
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip -2 points 3 months ago (-1 children) By north you mean up, I assume. And while that doesn't mean they can't install a camera, it does mean it would be the worst possible orientation. It would have to be a big ball on top or an assembly that came down underneath the lamp to point the camera at the ground. You could also plug in a non-camera sensor, like a Stingray cell phone snooper. Those are omnidirectional. But the bottom line is "you can plug stuff into power outlets", which is not really a story. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments replies: [+] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) Oh I see. Are they rotated? I assumed there was a socket on top that the bulb I can see from the ground plugs into. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments replies: [+] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) The article is about the sockets. You said the only opening in the housing points north, so you can see why I thought you were talking about the lamp housing and not the photocell housing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-2 replies) load more comments (-2 replies)
[+] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) Oh I see. Are they rotated? I assumed there was a socket on top that the bulb I can see from the ground plugs into. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments replies: [+] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) The article is about the sockets. You said the only opening in the housing points north, so you can see why I thought you were talking about the lamp housing and not the photocell housing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-2 replies)
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) Oh I see. Are they rotated? I assumed there was a socket on top that the bulb I can see from the ground plugs into. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments replies: [+] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) The article is about the sockets. You said the only opening in the housing points north, so you can see why I thought you were talking about the lamp housing and not the photocell housing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-2 replies)
[+] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) The article is about the sockets. You said the only opening in the housing points north, so you can see why I thought you were talking about the lamp housing and not the photocell housing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (-1 children) The article is about the sockets. You said the only opening in the housing points north, so you can see why I thought you were talking about the lamp housing and not the photocell housing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow -1 child comments load more comments (-1 replies)