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Show the same politician himself coming home as recorded by his Ring camera. He will suddenly become biggest privacy proponent in the whole country.

2OEH8eoCRo0 1y ago
It worked for porn VHS rentals.
gertlex 1y ago
I'd assume they'd just do like European politicians do (so I hear), and advocate solely for privacy for politicians, not others. (advocate, as in write bills excluding themselves from being monitored)
- xtanx 1y ago
  You are probably talking about chat control [1]. If it passes it will break encryption in the EU and yes... politicians, police and military are exempt. It is going to be a total disaster for everyone. [1] https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
  - trillic 1y ago
    Is running for local office enough to get exempted?
- 5555624 1y ago
  It's how they used to do things. The U.S. congress was exempt from the Civil Rights Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and others until 1995 and the Congressional Accountability Act. Congress is still exempt from the Freedom of information Act and some others.
helicone 1y ago
he would not. he would direct police to arrest anyone involved, or random people if the culprits can't be found, then spin it into a need for stricter surveillance on people's personal computers so they can't violate the privacy of public servants. like the gentleperson below has said, but worse
jonway 1y ago
If we’re here (buying another layer of the panopticon) then the next logical step is to create an ADSBexchange-like citizen network, and let people track back. You can already slap together something with an RTSP stream and Frigate on an individual level. Some people have great views of the road, and some people could just count cars. Frankly, I can see a lot of benefits for citizens if they could understand and verify which locations police enforce with their physical presence. As an aside, where the public transparency and oversight for these schemes? It seems like such a powder keg.
- walterbell 1y ago
  https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/a-deep-dive-on-creepy-cameras/ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/a-deep-dive-on-creepy-camera... > uses a Raspberry Pi 5, a Halo AI board, and You Only Look Once (YOLO) recognition software to build a “computer vision system that’s much more accurate than anything on the market for law enforcement” for $250 https://github.com/bennjordan/ALPRovingGround https://github.com/bennjordan/ALPRovingGround > adversarial noise attacks on license plate recognition systems (see my PlateShapez demo).. create an output dataset to train more effective attack models.. small, hardly-noticeable, random gaussian shapes to confuse AI license plate readers "Find Nearby Automated License Plate Readers", 70 comments, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45487452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45487452 "Flock's gunshot detection microphones will start listening for human voices", 250 comments, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473698 "Tire Pressure Sensor IDs: Why, Where and When", 30 comments, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45490202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45490202

2OEH8eoCRo0 1y ago

It worked for porn VHS rentals.

gertlex 1y ago

I'd assume they'd just do like European politicians do (so I hear), and advocate solely for privacy for politicians, not others. (advocate, as in write bills excluding themselves from being monitored)

xtanx 1y ago
You are probably talking about chat control [1]. If it passes it will break encryption in the EU and yes... politicians, police and military are exempt. It is going to be a total disaster for everyone. [1] https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
- trillic 1y ago
  Is running for local office enough to get exempted?
5555624 1y ago
It's how they used to do things. The U.S. congress was exempt from the Civil Rights Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and others until 1995 and the Congressional Accountability Act. Congress is still exempt from the Freedom of information Act and some others.

helicone 1y ago

he would not. he would direct police to arrest anyone involved, or random people if the culprits can't be found, then spin it into a need for stricter surveillance on people's personal computers so they can't violate the privacy of public servants. like the gentleperson below has said, but worse

jonway 1y ago

If we’re here (buying another layer of the panopticon) then the next logical step is to create an ADSBexchange-like citizen network, and let people track back. You can already slap together something with an RTSP stream and Frigate on an individual level. Some people have great views of the road, and some people could just count cars. Frankly, I can see a lot of benefits for citizens if they could understand and verify which locations police enforce with their physical presence. As an aside, where the public transparency and oversight for these schemes? It seems like such a powder keg.

walterbell 1y ago
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/a-deep-dive-on-creepy-cameras/ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/a-deep-dive-on-creepy-camera... > uses a Raspberry Pi 5, a Halo AI board, and You Only Look Once (YOLO) recognition software to build a “computer vision system that’s much more accurate than anything on the market for law enforcement” for $250 https://github.com/bennjordan/ALPRovingGround https://github.com/bennjordan/ALPRovingGround > adversarial noise attacks on license plate recognition systems (see my PlateShapez demo).. create an output dataset to train more effective attack models.. small, hardly-noticeable, random gaussian shapes to confuse AI license plate readers "Find Nearby Automated License Plate Readers", 70 comments, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45487452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45487452 "Flock's gunshot detection microphones will start listening for human voices", 250 comments, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473698 "Tire Pressure Sensor IDs: Why, Where and When", 30 comments, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45490202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45490202