Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w...
by PhasmaFelis on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:39PM
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Ubiquitous surveillance would presumably try to have every camera within view of at least one other camera, so sabotaging them is a good way to get tracked down and arrested.
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Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w...
by eiaoa on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @05:07PM
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> Ubiquitous surveillance would presumably try to have every camera within view of at least one other camera, so sabotaging them is a good way to get tracked down and arrested.
You don't have to attack the camera directly to sabotage it. Cutting power or communications cables and jamming transmissions works too.
Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w...
by PhasmaFelis on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @05:16PM
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Same thing applies to cutting cables. You'll be seen and tracked. Jammers are both trackable and illegal in most places.
Believe me, I wish it was that easy.
Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w...
by eiaoa on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @07:06PM
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I think it would be harder to keep every inch of cable in view of a camera than keep every camera in view of another.
Jammers are trackable, but if you use them judiciously, I think they could be used to cover other attacks: activate jammer, attack camera infrastructure, deactivate jammer, and flee.