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"Stand over broken glass"? "Keep an umbrella handy"? Really?
by jonas21 6y ago
"Stand over broken glass"? "Keep an umbrella handy"? Really?
- nextaccountic 6y agoThe umbrella tip seems to have been adopted in Hong Kong.
- jacobwilliamroy 6y agoSoon the government will pass legislation making opaque umbrellas illegal.
- milquetoastaf 6y agoThere's also this great sci fi flick Empty Metal[0] where they hide their identities from drones using umbrellas [0] https://letterboxd.com/film/empty-metal/ https://letterboxd.com/film/empty-metal/
- m463 6y agoIs it either clickbait-level advice or snowden-level advice? :)
- tomohawk 6y agoHere's a video of some rioters using umbrellas as cover to mask their approach and launch an attack on police. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1VdhQbfSTY&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1VdhQbfSTY&feature=youtu.be Seems pretty effective on the ground, but the drone footage shows what they're actually up to.
- robocat 6y agoStart at 2:30 - very interesting - although perhaps mostly to do with ground surveillance?