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[–] 81 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it make a lot more sense for these memes to show actual value. Crackheads are desperate but they ain't that dumb.

If we're going to spread misinformation... Why not actually spread misinformation???

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

    Banksy says that any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours to rearrange and reuse. It seems a reasonable extension that any surveillance device that gives you no choice whether it sees you or not is yours to rearrange and reuse.

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  • [–] 40 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    As are the organs of the traitors who installed it.

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

    I can't play an organ though, could I take the traitors drums instead if they have them? I could probably make a sick beat on those.

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  • [–] 134 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Don't forget the copper wiring they are attached to!

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  • [–] 34 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Not to mention the delicious videos inside

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

    And the useful bones inside the CEO that can be made into jewelry and tools

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  • [–] 52 points 6 months ago

    Truly the catalytic converter of 2026

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

    i like this series of posts about harvesting precious metals from surveillance devices

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  • [–] 48 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    I heard that all of those new "data centers" have lots of copper. Lots of it. So I'd be checking them out before they can suck up all of our good drinking water. /s

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Data is more valuable than copper.

    I'd look into grabbing some of that data

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

    You'll just needs good place to put it all somewhere.

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  • [–] 112 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Yeah that's not "pure" silver.

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  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago

    I mean enough scrapmetal still means food/drugs. And I'm certain many cities have a population that would find value in that. Just need to drop off some well placed flyers, and cities would be deflocked overnight.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago

    The batteries are genuinely valuable

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

    Looks like silver- or tin-plated copper to me. So not entirely silver.

    Don't let that fact stop anyone who might enjoy this as a past time though...

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

    I could use some of that silver on my projects

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I know, right? Fucking vampires.

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  • [–] 39 points 6 months ago* (22 children)

    This makes no sense, sorry. Why would it be silver out of anything like stainless steel?

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  • [–] 181 points 6 months ago (15 children)

    There isn’t that much precious metal in a small camera. The meme is about encouraging scrappers who steal,things to get scrap metal convinced it’s true and have them destroy the network. So, trying to con some criminals for the good of society.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Stop calling them criminals. They defend our right of privacy.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    No, they don't do that. The meme is a joke to guide them to do that. They steal. Wiring, bricks, car parts. Sometimes from corporates but more often from people or small businesses who dont have security guards. Let's not glamorise theft of property that is not privacy invasive.

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

    Anyways, i hate being filmed in public.

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  • [+] -23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

    I see... Another "quick win" makes a little sense then too, sorry.

    This won't last enough, I believe, and may result in permanent distrust even. The person who believed you will eventually realize you lied to them, and why should they trust you in the future?

    Meaning, why start from a lie in the first place? A foundation built on a lie eventually collapses, and the people who trusted that lie are often the ones who get hurt the most.

    Since you clearly have a message people value, that is, current terrible privacy issues, why not give them a better start, an actual path with a reason to trust you, the purpose and idea, for the long run by carrying the truth instead?

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  • [–] 50 points 6 months ago (4 children)
  • [+] -10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    So "it's just a meme bro!" Is the new "it's just a joke bro!"?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Could be plated copper, unless you have better information - I've seen similar components in breaker panels and the like that are plated copper (plated because raw copper likes to corrode and get ugly looking).

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago