*Yes. Kill the Ring camera. Kill it dead.*

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/remove-your-ring-camera-with-a-claw

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''We don’t point cameras at our friends. We don’t leer suspiciously at our neighbors. We don’t assail humanity with an accusatory spotlight. These things are not okay.''

#security #neighborhood #prison #trust #panopticon #cameras #buildsocietytogether

*Yes. Kill the Ring camera. Kill it dead.*

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/remove-your-ring-camera-with-a-claw

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''We don’t point cameras at our friends. We don’t leer suspiciously at our neighbors. We don’t assail humanity with an accusatory spotlight. These things are not okay.''

#security #neighborhood #prison #trust #panopticon #cameras #buildsocietytogether

Wist je dat er meer dan 30.000 camera’s hangen in Amsterdam?

Ik ging met een groep onderzoekers en bewoners de straat op om camera's te spotten. Daarna ontstond een mooi gesprek over wat dit betekent voor onze stad. Waarom hangen al die camera’s er? Wat gebeurt er met al die data? En hoe krijgen we als bewoners, ontwerpers en beleidsmakers weer grip op de technologieën die onze stad vormgeven?

Te vaak wordt technologie ingezet simpelweg ‘omdat het kan’, niet omdat het de oplossing is voor een probleem. Dankzij de inzet van GroenLinks is Amsterdam gestopt met dataverzameling in de openbare ruimte zonder duidelijk doel. We willen geen nieuwe projecten waarbij data wordt verzameld, tenzij van te voren duidelijk is welk probleem we hiermee oplossen.

Er is nog veel meer aandacht nodig voor al die andere camera's en sensoren in de stad. Denk aan de slimme deurbel, waarbij bedrijven als Amazon toegang krijgen tot beelden van onze openbare ruimte. Uit recent onderzoek van VNG bleek dat 70% van de Nederlanders zorgen hebben over wat er met die opnames gebeurt.

#privacy #cameras #surveillance #slimmedeurbel #amsterdam

Wist je dat er meer dan 30.000 camera’s hangen in Amsterdam?

Ik ging met een groep onderzoekers en bewoners de straat op om camera's te spotten. Daarna ontstond een mooi gesprek over wat dit betekent voor onze stad. Waarom hangen al die camera’s er? Wat gebeurt er met al die data? En hoe krijgen we als bewoners, ontwerpers en beleidsmakers weer grip op de technologieën die onze stad vormgeven?

Te vaak wordt technologie ingezet simpelweg ‘omdat het kan’, niet omdat het de oplossing is voor een probleem. Dankzij de inzet van GroenLinks is Amsterdam gestopt met dataverzameling in de openbare ruimte zonder duidelijk doel. We willen geen nieuwe projecten waarbij data wordt verzameld, tenzij van te voren duidelijk is welk probleem we hiermee oplossen.

Er is nog veel meer aandacht nodig voor al die andere camera's en sensoren in de stad. Denk aan de slimme deurbel, waarbij bedrijven als Amazon toegang krijgen tot beelden van onze openbare ruimte. Uit recent onderzoek van VNG bleek dat 70% van de Nederlanders zorgen hebben over wat er met die opnames gebeurt.

#privacy #cameras #surveillance #slimmedeurbel #amsterdam

I hate all these #surveillance #cameras in the streets. And the ones used for ringing the #door.

“Smash your #Ring doorbells,” progressive activist Guy Christensen urged his 3.5 million followers on TikTok (sic). “You need to smash your Ring doorbells. Amazon owns Ring, and they’ve decided to begin sharing surveillance collected from your front step with ICE and Flock Safety, weaponing surveillance against the American people.”

https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-ring-cameras-ice

#ICE #doorbell

Update. Yesterday's killing of #ReneeNicoleGood is getting massive public attention because it was recorded.

Please bring your phone to demonstrations!

Here's some advice on reducing the risks.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2020/06/tactics-to-secure-phone-before-a-protest/

Do worry about the risks, but don't forget the risks of leaving law-enforcement violence unrecorded.

#Cameras #ICE #LittleBrother #Trump #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Yesterday's killing of #ReneeNicoleGood is getting massive public attention because it was recorded.

Please bring your phone to demonstrations!

Here's some advice on reducing the risks.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2020/06/tactics-to-secure-phone-before-a-protest/

Do worry about the risks, but don't forget the risks of leaving law-enforcement violence unrecorded.

#Cameras #ICE #LittleBrother #Trump #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Cameras and Lenses

https://ciechanow.ski/cameras-and-lenses/

#HackerNews #Cameras #Lenses #Photography #Tech #Gear #Imaging

#SouthKorea police say 120,000 home cameras #hacked for ' #sexploitation ‘ footage

Four people have been arrested in South Korea for allegedly #hacking more than 120,000 video #cameras in homes and businesses and using the footage to make sexually exploitative materials for an overseas website.

Locations of cameras hacked in the country reportedly included private homes, karaoke rooms, a pilates studio and a gynaecologist's clinic.
#privacy #surveillance

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj01q6p7ndlo

so how is your public camera/km^2 density? according to our mapping, our 'hood has a ~ 1kcams/1km^2. you can help map it and then view the results on https://sunders.uber.space/ - mapping is incredibly easy using https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Every_Door @everydoor adding a new cam is 5 taps if it is the same style as the previous one. Go on, have a walk, it's healthy and scary! #surveillance #openstreetmap #cameras

@egonw @nctvnl @openstreetmap

Check dit: https://sunders.uber.space/

#cameras #surveillance #openstreetmap #privacy

#SouthKorea police say 120,000 home cameras #hacked for ' #sexploitation ‘ footage

Four people have been arrested in South Korea for allegedly #hacking more than 120,000 video #cameras in homes and businesses and using the footage to make sexually exploitative materials for an overseas website.

Locations of cameras hacked in the country reportedly included private homes, karaoke rooms, a pilates studio and a gynaecologist's clinic.
#privacy #surveillance

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj01q6p7ndlo

@egonw @nctvnl @openstreetmap

Check dit: https://sunders.uber.space/

#cameras #surveillance #openstreetmap #privacy

so how is your public camera/km^2 density? according to our mapping, our 'hood has a ~ 1kcams/1km^2. you can help map it and then view the results on https://sunders.uber.space/ - mapping is incredibly easy using https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Every_Door @everydoor adding a new cam is 5 taps if it is the same style as the previous one. Go on, have a walk, it's healthy and scary! #surveillance #openstreetmap #cameras

I'm looking at de-Googling my phone experience, and am considering buying a decent point-and-shoot camera to cover that aspect of smartphone ownership.

Anyone here into photography and can recommend a decent model, especially one that can handle low-light and motion somewhat gracefully?

Last time I tried this I used a Canon SX610HS, and it was pretty woeful.

I don't need 2025-flagship-smartphone levels of camera, just something I can use to ensure I have photos and videos of the family to look back on, when I'm in my dotage 🧓

#photography #cameras #degoogling

I'm looking at de-Googling my phone experience, and am considering buying a decent point-and-shoot camera to cover that aspect of smartphone ownership.

Anyone here into photography and can recommend a decent model, especially one that can handle low-light and motion somewhat gracefully?

Last time I tried this I used a Canon SX610HS, and it was pretty woeful.

I don't need 2025-flagship-smartphone levels of camera, just something I can use to ensure I have photos and videos of the family to look back on, when I'm in my dotage 🧓

#photography #cameras #degoogling

Japanese camera manufacturers are stepping up their game after global digital camera shipments grew for the first time in seven years in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/tech/japan-digital-camera-solid-sales/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #cameras #fujifilm #canon #ricoh

Japan's National Police Agency will start a trial run of wearable cameras worn across officers’ chests or on headgear starting in late August to be used in situations such as stop-and-search procedures or crowd control. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/crime-legal/police-wearable-cameras/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #cameras

WTF!!! #DHS Tells #Police That Common #Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’

DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even #skateboarding and #livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.

By Dell Cameron, Jul 10, 202

"The #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a #bike or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned.

"WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests [#FOIA]. Please consider subscribing to support our journalism.

"Threat bulletins issued during last month’s '#NoKings' #protests warn that the US government’s aggressive immigration raids are almost certain to accelerate domestic unrest, with DHS saying there’s a 'high likeliness' more Americans will soon turn against the agency, which could trigger #confrontations near federal sites.

"Blaming intense media coverage and backlash to the US military deployment in #LosAngeles, DHS expects the #demonstrations to 'continue and grow across the nation' as #protesters focused on other issues shift to #immigration, following a broad 'embracement of #AntiICE messaging.'

"The bulletins—first obtained by the national security nonprofit #PropertyOfThePeople through public records requests—warn that officers could face assaults with fireworks and improvised weapons: #paint-filled fire extinguishers, smoke grenades, and projectiles like #bottles and #rocks.

"At the same time, the guidance urges officers to consider a range of #nonviolent behavior and common #ProtestGear—like #masks, #flashlights, and #cameras—as potential precursors to violence, telling officers to prepare 'from the point of view of an adversary.'

"Protesters on #bicycles, #skateboards, or even 'on foot' are framed as potential 'scouts' conducting reconnaissance or searching for 'items to be used as weapons.' #Livestreaming is listed alongside ' #doxxing' as a 'tactic' for 'threatening' police. Online posters are cast as ideological #recruiters—or as participants in 'surveillance sharing.'

"One list of 'violent tactics' shared by the Los Angeles–based Joint Regional Intelligence Center—part of a post-9/11 fusion network—includes both protesters’ attempts to avoid identification and efforts to identify police. The memo also alleges that face recognition, normally a tool of law enforcement, was used against officers.

"Vera Eidelman, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU], says the government has no business treating #constitutionally protected activities—like #observing or #documenting police—as threats.

"#DHS did not respond to a request for comment."

Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/

#ACAB #FusionCenters#Fascism#Authoritarianism#Resistance#Journalism#PoliceState#CriminalizingDissent#Protestors#Protest#USPol#CriminalizingProtest#Orwell#BigBrother#DoublePlusUngood#SurveillanceState#NaziPatrol#NineteenEightyFour

WTF!!! #DHS Tells #Police That Common #Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’

DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even #skateboarding and #livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.

By Dell Cameron, Jul 10, 202

"The #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a #bike or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned.

"WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests [#FOIA]. Please consider subscribing to support our journalism.

"Threat bulletins issued during last month’s '#NoKings' #protests warn that the US government’s aggressive immigration raids are almost certain to accelerate domestic unrest, with DHS saying there’s a 'high likeliness' more Americans will soon turn against the agency, which could trigger #confrontations near federal sites.

"Blaming intense media coverage and backlash to the US military deployment in #LosAngeles, DHS expects the #demonstrations to 'continue and grow across the nation' as #protesters focused on other issues shift to #immigration, following a broad 'embracement of #AntiICE messaging.'

"The bulletins—first obtained by the national security nonprofit #PropertyOfThePeople through public records requests—warn that officers could face assaults with fireworks and improvised weapons: #paint-filled fire extinguishers, smoke grenades, and projectiles like #bottles and #rocks.

"At the same time, the guidance urges officers to consider a range of #nonviolent behavior and common #ProtestGear—like #masks, #flashlights, and #cameras—as potential precursors to violence, telling officers to prepare 'from the point of view of an adversary.'

"Protesters on #bicycles, #skateboards, or even 'on foot' are framed as potential 'scouts' conducting reconnaissance or searching for 'items to be used as weapons.' #Livestreaming is listed alongside ' #doxxing' as a 'tactic' for 'threatening' police. Online posters are cast as ideological #recruiters—or as participants in 'surveillance sharing.'

"One list of 'violent tactics' shared by the Los Angeles–based Joint Regional Intelligence Center—part of a post-9/11 fusion network—includes both protesters’ attempts to avoid identification and efforts to identify police. The memo also alleges that face recognition, normally a tool of law enforcement, was used against officers.

"Vera Eidelman, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU], says the government has no business treating #constitutionally protected activities—like #observing or #documenting police—as threats.

"#DHS did not respond to a request for comment."

Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/

#ACAB #FusionCenters#Fascism#Authoritarianism#Resistance#Journalism#PoliceState#CriminalizingDissent#Protestors#Protest#USPol#CriminalizingProtest#Orwell#BigBrother#DoublePlusUngood#SurveillanceState#NaziPatrol#NineteenEightyFour