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What makes this “paramilitary spy gear?” It’s some portable security cameras positioned in a parking lot.

by _iyig 7y ago

crankylinuxuser 7y ago
The company responsible: LiveView Technologies https://lvt.co/ https://lvt.co/ They specialize in surveillance gear for private and nation-state operations. They work with multiple federal TLA's, and also just announced a joint USA-Israel surveillance operations. I talk more of it here https://www.reddit.com/r/bloomington/comments/f4xv9t/info_on_krogentrified_spy_tower/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bloomington/comments/f4xv9t/info_on...
- Jeff_Brown 7y ago
  Walmart sells guns; that doesn't mean everything they sell is a gun. If these are just cameras, does it matter where they came from?
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  ‘Nation-state’ doesn’t mean what you think it means. It’s not a fancy way of saying ‘countries’. It means one small subset of countries such as Japan that are both nations and states at the same time.
  - Bendingo 7y ago
    Hmmm. I didn't know this. What are some countries that aren't nations?
    - chrisseaton 7y ago
      For example the UK is not a nation-state because it’s one state but four nations.
- mattmaroon 7y ago
  So "paramilitary" is still a clickbaity exaggeration. Their website mentions Target markets such as state DoTs, retailers (specifically Lowe's), oil companies, construction. Hardly a roster of paramilitary forces.
- seabird 7y ago
  Are you buying military equipment any time you deal with a company that does business with a military? Would "man buys equipment from missile manufacturer Honeywell" be an appropriate description of me having bought an air humidifier from them?
close04 7y ago
> What makes this “paramilitary spy gear?” The need for an attention grab as confirmed by the hashtags. There's nothing "paramilitary" about this system [0] that wouldn't also apply to any number of other things like a laptop, or an OS, etc. It's that much more amusing given that the author of the tweet (and the present submission) appears to be a Linux user, something some UK authorities using the same broken logic already deemed to be the hallmark of a criminal hacker. [0] https://lvt.co/security/ https://lvt.co/security/

What makes this “paramilitary spy gear?” It’s some portable security cameras positioned in a parking lot.

by _iyig 7y ago

What makes this “paramilitary spy gear?” It’s some portable security cameras positioned in a parking lot.

The company responsible: LiveView Technologies https://lvt.co/ https://lvt.co/ They specialize in surveillance gear for private and nation-state operations. They work with multiple federal TLA's, and also just announced a joint USA-Israel surveillance operations. I talk more of it here https://www.reddit.com/r/bloomington/comments/f4xv9t/info_on_krogentrified_spy_tower/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bloomington/comments/f4xv9t/info_on...

Jeff_Brown 7y ago
Walmart sells guns; that doesn't mean everything they sell is a gun. If these are just cameras, does it matter where they came from?
chrisseaton 7y ago
‘Nation-state’ doesn’t mean what you think it means. It’s not a fancy way of saying ‘countries’. It means one small subset of countries such as Japan that are both nations and states at the same time.
- Bendingo 7y ago
  Hmmm. I didn't know this. What are some countries that aren't nations?
  - chrisseaton 7y ago
    For example the UK is not a nation-state because it’s one state but four nations.
mattmaroon 7y ago
So "paramilitary" is still a clickbaity exaggeration. Their website mentions Target markets such as state DoTs, retailers (specifically Lowe's), oil companies, construction. Hardly a roster of paramilitary forces.
seabird 7y ago
Are you buying military equipment any time you deal with a company that does business with a military? Would "man buys equipment from missile manufacturer Honeywell" be an appropriate description of me having bought an air humidifier from them?

close04 7y ago

> What makes this “paramilitary spy gear?” The need for an attention grab as confirmed by the hashtags. There's nothing "paramilitary" about this system [0] that wouldn't also apply to any number of other things like a laptop, or an OS, etc. It's that much more amusing given that the author of the tweet (and the present submission) appears to be a Linux user, something some UK authorities using the same broken logic already deemed to be the hallmark of a criminal hacker. [0] https://lvt.co/security/ https://lvt.co/security/