Flock cameras just got even worse

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[–] 16 points 4 months ago*

Looks like it uses wifi and bluetooth. So anything just "ON".

You know its not all that hard to reproduce if someone wants to. Except when we do it, its against the law.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I don't suppose there is an easy to create device that creates tens or hundreds of random virtual bluetooth and wifi devices that we can leave in our vehicles to poison the data it is collecting?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I wouldn't think so because you would need tens or hundreds of Bluetooth/WiFi radios. Even then they could still know that "here comes that guy with hundreds of Bluetooth/WiFi radios."

    A simpler solution might be to use randomized and regularly rotated mac addresses for your WiFi chips, which is easy enough on any android/Linux device. However, I'm not sure what other unique identifiers they could use for fingerprinting.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Most modern phones. Samsung and Apple use address randomization for WiFi. There are tricks through like announcing common WiFi router names. Starbucks. Netgear etc then looking at traffic.

    Also your car has wifi and bt. Which prolly doesn’t do that.

    If you wanted to position it you shouldn’t get an adr and park nearby. Also I wouldn’t recommend a jammer like any radio you have broadcasting on Channel 5 endlessless.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    TBH USB-C to 3.5mm adapters are better anyways IMO, they're very small and just stay attached to my headphones, have a better DAC and amplifier inside than most onboard 3.5mm jacks ever did, and it never gets stuffed full of pocket lint which was always an issue on phones that had an onboard jack.

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    [–] 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Gross. Does it still track bluetooth if the phone is already paired with a headset and not actively searching for new connections? Guess I'll be back to wired headphones if that's the case.

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

    How do I invest in Faraday cages?

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Just look for "faraday bag" online. There's some online stores that sell them.

    If you mean an actual cage rather than a bag, not sure, but I imagine you could make one to your specified dimensions.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    It's only a matter of time for Flock, but since the article seems too scard to mention the actual company name, it's Leonardo https://www.leonardocompany-us.com/lpr/elsag-signaltrace

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