[79405] in Cypherpunks
Re: Privacy news: Oakland Cameras, Levi employee files,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Fri May 2 01:33:35 1997
Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 20:36:44 -0700
To: geeman <NOSPAM-geeman@best.com>
From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19691231160000.006ae0c4@best.com>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
At 08:46 AM 5/1/97 -0700, you wrote:
>This is fine for red-light-running. I'm just worried about the day when
>the cameras have an effect on people's behavior with respect to
>what they say, whom they associate with,
>the clothes they wear, the thoughts they think...
>
>How do you hack a camera?
The traditional solution, which happened to a number of early
photo-radar cameras, involves a ski-mask and a baseball bat;
more subtle approaches rely on spray-paint, which does less
damage to the expensive equipment, but spray paint is a Controlled Substance
in many cities....
Other approaches, for the video-surveillance types of cameras,
are to always use appropriate gestures when you're near the things.
# Thanks; Bill
# Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com
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