Privacy news: Oakland Cameras, Levi employee files, FileGate

[Bill Stewart]

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.


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