Traffic Cam Selfie Creator Holds Cease and Desist Letter in Front of Traffic Cam (404media.co) 22 points by Jocund 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] 1970-01-01 1y ago ↗ >Using a 25-foot tall window washing pole, I took a picture of it with a traffic camera.I miss when the web was filled with this kind of carefree, f-the-system attitude. Cheers to this kid for having lots of fun doing it.
[–] UncleEntity 1y ago ↗ One has to wonder if there isn't some legal reason why they can't just turn off the public API and stop this kind of unreasonable funmaking?Local or state freedom of information legislation perhaps? [–] ncr100 1y ago ↗ Yarp.I see this as a Boiled Frog situation.Laws will be considered to protect the surveillance cameras in new dramatic ways .. misuse, as NY is claiming, is ridiculous.Great surveillance state evolution stuff here.
[–] ncr100 1y ago ↗ Yarp.I see this as a Boiled Frog situation.Laws will be considered to protect the surveillance cameras in new dramatic ways .. misuse, as NY is claiming, is ridiculous.Great surveillance state evolution stuff here.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 22.4 ms ] threadI miss when the web was filled with this kind of carefree, f-the-system attitude. Cheers to this kid for having lots of fun doing it.
Local or state freedom of information legislation perhaps?
I see this as a Boiled Frog situation.
Laws will be considered to protect the surveillance cameras in new dramatic ways .. misuse, as NY is claiming, is ridiculous.
Great surveillance state evolution stuff here.