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[–] 20 points 2 months ago (9 children)

They are free electronic components and modules that can be used for your own projects. Just make sure they are completely erased and serial numbers removed before reusing.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Can you give examples of what parts can be repurposed? I would have assumed they were mostly proprietary.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    https://www.cehrp.org/dissection-of-flock-safety-camera/

    This article may be out of date, but it is quite clear that Flock just ordered a bunch of parts off AliBaba, slapped them together in an injection moulded enclosure, added some vibe-coded software and pumped them out after greasing some palms.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Interesting. Do they transmit full video streams or just the aggregated data taken from plates? Doesn't seem like there's a lot of processing power in those components.

    I think I need to park my car behind one of these with my cell phone/wifi jammers running.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    If you're handy with a soldering iron and know how to read a JTAG port, every chip on the pcb could be lifted and repurposed. Afaik a lot of them use miniature solar panels as power sources, which is absolutely repurposeable if you're comfortable crimping cables. This piece too far from my area of expertise to do more than just speculate on, but I have to assume they have optical components that could be repurposed by somebody with the right skillset too

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah, take home the solar powered GPS device with a built in cellular connection. See how that goes.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Crack it open and take out the GPS and cellular module.

    Or relocate the entire unit to somewhere it will actually provide civic good like somewhere prone to Illegal Garbage dumping or as a trailcam for wildlife.

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