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Any video surveillance system is foiled by a simple mask. Thieves who know to plan a break-in when you're away usually do their homework and come prepared.
by close04 4mo ago
Any video surveillance system is foiled by a simple mask. Thieves who know to plan a break-in when you're away usually do their homework and come prepared.
- runjake 4mo agoThis is why I think someone should market a cheap SIGINT tool that collects BT/BTLE/Wi-Fi data from nearby devices. I've got this setup running on a Raspberry Pi near my front door and it collects all sorts of useful data, even from people walking by on the sidewalk, 30 feet and two walls away. At some point, I'd love to explore vehicle emissions more, too.
- ghostly_s 4mo agoNo prosecutor is going to waste their time trying to convict someone based on metadata. Even video is often insufficient for a conviction.
- Terretta 4mo agoFunny enough a router collecting this data near a busy enough highway can bog itself down by collecting unique Wi-Fi identifiers from all the passing cars' networks, not to mention all the hotspots on passing commuter trains. It never occurs to router makers a static base could see a million Wi-Fi networks come and go every week.
- naturalmovement 4mo agoUh hello police department? I have MAC addresses! M-A-C... Yes, I sniff them out the air with equipment I built! Uh no I'm not on drugs why do you ask?
- mar_buffalo 4mo agoI've worked on something to do this, it' not perfect. It listens for 24 hours, learns what is 'normal'. Calibrates strength of signal (dogwalker on sidewalk, ignore) getting closer than that, between 10pm and 5am, turn on a light or two. Not meaning to spam, but it's at wispyalert.com . Any thoughts, I'd be interested to hear.
- beagle3 4mo agoModern OSes randomize WiFi MAC addresses unless you ask them not to, and also do some randomization on BT MAC address.
- Geezus_42 4mo agoSo the radio equivalent of Flock cameras...
- lazide 4mo agoAlways has been. Google got sued for doing it over a decade ago with street view cars. That is why they need WiFi info for ‘fine location’.
- throw0101c 4mo ago> Any video surveillance system is foiled by a simple mask. Do not under-estimate the number of thieves on the left-hand side of the bell curve: if you can deal with those that's half the population that's less of a problem. (The thieves on the right-hand side of the bell curve generally work on Wall Street and generally don't do break-and-enters.)