In the CCTV-happy UK, people were setting fire to traffic/speed cameras in a particular village. Naturally the solution to this was to install cameras to monitor the cameras. People set fire to those, too.
In this case I don’t think you have to be particularly subtle about it: Imagine walking down the street and seeing a surveillance camera attached to every tree, signpost, mailbox, or other vertical structure; all the cameras aimed at one another.
Actually that gives me a new business idea: Making inert plastic boxes that look exactly like these cameras from a distance of more than a few feet. Maybe open an Etsy storefront or Kickstarter account with them. Sell them at cost, maybe $5 with shipping. You could also sell matching pipe clamps and “NOPD” stickers. At your inevitable trial you’d refer to your company name, the New Organization for Plastic Decorations™, and point out there’s no particular limit on five-pointed stars in logos.
Solution: Drone + Spray Paint
I reckoned the same way- since the overwhelming majority of commercial spyware is stalkerware and the house went to the ex, it’s likely she was living there all along.
None of which rules out a whole other stalker stalking on that street but the reply from the cameras guy sure was creepy.
The Palantir thing started in 2012. We found out about it last year. Soon after that, a new “progressive” mayor was elected (note my skepticism on this description) and she chose not to renew the Palantir contract.
This article broke the story: https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17054740/palantir-predictive-policing-tool-new-orleans-nopd
So we are no longer using the Palantir software, but NOPD is still spending time and money on Minority-Report-type “predictive policing.” They just do it manually now, with real people sitting in a surveillance center, just watching us as we go about our lives. I suspect they’re only watching certain types of New Orleans citizens, not all of us.
Here’s an article from last month about how the NOPD is stalking us: https://theappeal.org/new-orleans-police-appear-to-use-surveillance-to-initiate-investigations/
Does it count as paranoia when the government REALLY IS watching you all the time?
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