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Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w... by PhasmaFelis on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:39PM (#18402195)
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.
Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w... by eiaoa on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @05:07PM (#18402804)
> 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 (#18402856)
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 (#18403388)
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.