Privacy

I'm guessing it's like this everywhere, but in my country, public cameras also have microphones. I feel like we don't think about that a lot.

I saw an article about Chinese EVs being equipped with overly-powerful LiDAR for self driving or something, which meant that in essence, they drive about the places burning out camera sensors. This got me thinking - The human eye takes a lot more energy to damage it than the average ccd chip, and a small cheap laser pointer is way more than enough to wreck one. Would it be possible to get a LiDAR unit and pop it on a remote control car or a drone or something?

There’s a group in London that call themselves the Bladerunners who go around wrecking the ULEZ cameras, they use a few interesting methods, but they’re all a bit too direct, such as sawzalling camera poles down. The LiDAR looks like a better option.

I was literally in a CAVE the other day and I looked up and saw "under video surveillance". You can't even escape it 100 meters under the earth.

Yes it was a privately owned attraction. That's not an excuse.

I adamantly maintain that the US needs an entire movement to enshrine the right to privacy to its citizens in the constitution.

i dont know about your country, but in germany its regulated and in public places the footage is only allowed to be stored up to 72 hours

I started wearing a N95 for medical reasons a few years ago and this may help with the cameras.

I've never done a selfie or posted any photos of my face on social media. I have a driver's license but my country has privacy laws so that information shouldn't be available to any company that wants it. On the other hand, The War Amps has access so maybe stores do as well.

I feel naked without a ballcap. A few stores in my area have the cameras at eye-level. I look down when entering or exiting if I'm not wearing sunglasses.

I never use the self checkouts. These often have high def cameras inches from one's face. This is an effective way to connect a customer's face and their name by way of a credit or bank card.

I always use cash.

I feel the same,
to battle it I drive with my sun visors down,
all the time, even when it's dark.

I never voted for these camera's,
and driving with them down is not illegal,
but they successfully block the sight of most camera's.

I'm looking into some of the anti camera clothing tbh. But it isn't fully effective, and it's expensive as hell for something that shouldn't be necessary in the firat place

Well, people tend to like to know who is entering their private property.

Or are there cameras watching who is entering your public parks and shit? I have cameras on my house, so people don't need to enter if it makes them uncomfortable, but it's handy for when people try to snoop when I am not around. Neighbours have stolen things in the past, even though it's a tight knit community.

Have also provided the footage to police to prove that said neighbor who stole stuff assaulted another neighbor in the street since the camera covers the driveway.

It only takes one asshole to justify cameras.