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A comment on ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods. Parent comment

Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods by dylan604 on Thursday January 08, 2026 @01:40PM (#46544739)
great news! this old shoulder mount with a strap mounted VHS recorder will finally be able to come out of storage and find a new life! /s

not sure why you feel analog recording is necessary. just need a camera that isn't part of a phone. any DSLR, MFT, Mirrorless cameras would be just as good.

however, there's something to be said about live streaming so that even if the camera is confiscated the images are already publicly available.

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Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods by steele on Thursday January 08, 2026 @07:47PM (#46548688)
I don't disagree with you about the encumbrance and impractically, but the live streaming providers could eventually become unreliable or compromised in a number of ways (genAI, political pressure, advocacy for an agenda of its leadership)
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