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1997-05-02 - Re: Privacy news: Oakland Cameras, Levi employee files, FileGate

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
To: geeman <NOSPAM-geeman@best.com>
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Message ID: <3.0.1.32.19970501203644.00652d30@popd.ix.netcom.com>
Reply To: <3.0.32.19691231160000.006ae0c4@best.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-05-02 04:25:42 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 12:25:42 +0800

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 12:25:42 +0800
To: geeman <NOSPAM-geeman@best.com>
Subject: Re: Privacy news: Oakland Cameras, Levi employee files,  FileGate
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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
# You can get PGP outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp
#     (If this is a mailing list, please Cc: me on replies.  Thanks.)

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