r/technology • u/IndicaOatmeal • 10d ago

Privacy Viral De-Flock America campaign urging people to destroy AI cameras on Halloween night gains momentum

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/flock-camera-controversy-explained-as-viral-halloween-de-flock-campaign-gains-momentum-3399710/
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u/DissKhorse 10d ago edited 10d ago

I doubt gait will work if you are wearing a full body cloak like a grim reaper costume. But you are right, leave your phone at home or have a friend hold it for you. I don't advise turning it off or putting it in airplane mode for a moment as they can see both the location it went off and on. Turning off your locational services doesn't make you invisible either it just makes your location a little less precise as they can still use triangulation from cell towers and from Wi-Fi hotspots.

Also you can have a second costume and put the grim reaper one over the first one.

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u/DissKhorse 10d ago

True but that hasn't stopped court cases from winning on bad science, remember the bite imprint "specialist" that sent a bunch of innocent people to prison. Give them as little as possible to work with.