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This free tool is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers — as fears grow around 'intrusive' new devices that could track your phone, AirPod and smartwatch data (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 136 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I don’t want a tool to avoid Flock cameras. I want a tool that uses my Bluetooth to turn Flock cameras into bricks.

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

    If you want a tool that turns Flock cameras into bricks, all you need is a brick.

    ... Or wire cutters, or a big hammer, or an angle grinder, or a drill, or a large rock, or a can of spray paint, etc, etc, etc. They're not terribly resilient against physical damage.

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

    I've been thinking of buying a slingshot and some paintballs. For another, completely irrelevant purpose though, obviously.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 months ago*

    Remember to mask up when you're going out playing with paintballs -- for covid safety! Wear sunglasses, too -- you don't want eye damage from the bright sunlight.

    Oh, and perhaps most importantly, leave your phone at home. Wouldn't want to accidentally hit your phone with a paintball, would you?

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

    Need to figure out a small scale, cheap, EMP device that can be set off to fry the cameras and sensors, but nothing else that is around.

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

    The "Nothing else around" is the hard part of that.

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

    Agreed, though I would expect one to not be carrying anything that could be affected by such a device, whilst deploying said devices. So personal devices don't count as needing protection AFAIC

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    If it's using Bluetooth to knacker them, then all the nearby Bluetooth devices would be vulnerable.

    Medical equipment these days also can feature Bluetooth for mobile connectivity, and you can't exactly go without your defibrillator, hearing aids, or insulin pump.

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

    maybe some kinda really directional antenna? like a laser but for the radio range of EM

    need to have line of sight and accurate aim, however

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

    I would think that a simple laser-pointer pointed at the camera would be enough to damage the sensor?

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

    You'll need around a 1-watt green (532nm) laser pointer. That's gonna run you about $500 and they're kinda dangerous.

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