ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood

Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by Fnoord on Sunday March 03, 2024 @05:32AM (#39579936)

Do you know how it communicates with ECC? Can it be MITMed?

Would it report if you were playing Counterstrike outside with speakers on? What if you were listening to some gangster rap with shots in it? Or just a Raspberry Pi with a speaker on with gunshot? It seems to me something like this can in theory DoS the ECC.

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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by 392 on Sunday March 03, 2024 @06:36AM (#39580212)

All of these are much more complicated and expensive than just sending someone off in a stolen car to fire some shots wherever you'd like the cops to be in 20 minutes or so. Convenient leash.

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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by Fnoord on Sunday March 03, 2024 @10:30AM (#39581427)

Yep. I guess using a gun didn't cross my mind as possession is illegal here in this part of Europe (unless you are licensed, screened, store it safely, etc etc).

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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by remram on Sunday March 03, 2024 @11:01AM (#39581670)

I'm sure there are ways to make a gun shot sound without having an actual gun, too. If police responds every time within a few minutes, it's also very easy to find out which device/firework will do.

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Re:ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood by Talanes on Sunday March 03, 2024 @11:01AM (#39581675)

Depends on who's doing it. For career criminals, sure the stolen car and gun are probably easy. If it's anybody else, say some bored high school kids, then the speaker is probably a much easier option.

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