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A Deep Dive on Creepy Cameras (hackaday.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub [B] to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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George Orwell might’ve predicted the surveillance state, but it’s still surprising how many entities took 1984 as a how-to manual instead of a cautionary tale. [Benn Jordan] decided to take …read more

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[–] krogoth@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago

I like this comment on that page, haven’t heard about it before: «Was done..in Stockholm a few years back. Someone copied the plates of the CEO of the company operating a toll road in the city and posted it online. Folks pasted it over their own plates and used the toll road all day. The ALPR dutifully generated an humongous bill…»

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[–] blueworld@piefed.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The video: https://youtu.be/Pp9MwZkHiMQ

[Jordan] was able to develop a transparent sticker that renders a license plate unreadable to the ALPR but still plainly visible to a human observer. https://github.com/bennjordan

Other links: IR LEDs to confuse security cameras

what about yarn

camera that only takes nudes

generates a picture based on geographic data

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[–] SteevyT@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder if those LED's work on Flock cameras? They are getting to be dense enough that I've been tempted to do something to make it harder to read my plate for cameras, but there's also one camera that needs to be able to read my plate for me to get though a gate.

Also kinda tempted to throw an old license plate on my bicycle and take wacky ass routes around that cars can't follow to put at least one bullshit data point in their data.

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