which is why I don’t have any.

Come on, don’t leave us hanging like that. Any… Humans? Unicycles? Regrets?

The problem is not when and what it is recording based on how it is configured. The problem is that law enforcement can (by design) use a backdoor and gain access to these cameras for real-time surveillance, at will. Since they have access to the feed, they can also record it all.

Additionally, these cameras get hacked all the times.

The point being - if the cameras are up, they will be abused by others. If you really need cameras, put them inside your house. That way you’ll only invade your own privacy, and you won’t enable criminals to misuse it for spying on anybody else than yourself.

Ouch! Sorry to hear that. Where did you order the duds from?

Cool. I accidently broke the display on my LilyGo pager, but have a LoRa ESP32 devkit that I should get going with… Probably a good fit for meshcore.

Yes, and immediately become subject for closer surveillance by doing so.

My take, as mentioned in another reply: Retain plausible deniability by communicating in plain sight and use good old codebooks or similar techniques for the secret parts of your messages.

You could also resort to good old code books and hide your communication in plain sight, instead of trying to evade surveillance with technical tricks that are easily detected.

What’s your antenna setup for that kind of coverage?

I would give you an infinite amount of upvotes if technically possible. This is the answer.

Are people forgetting there are GenAI tools for this now? He could sure as well have done this by prompting Grok or whatever.

I think they are referring to the fact that, ignoring the personalities who hold this kind of wealth, it’s just not a viable investment strategy for a project/organization as large as society to have all that wealth tied up with only a few assets (the billionaires).

Economics tells us that diversifying the investments (equality, if you will) is a safer bet for society in the long run.

I probably misread GP but hey, at least I tried!

This.

Join or form mutual aid networks in your local community, share what resources are required to keep on sustainable living while striking, be it food, transport, medicine, housing. Start with your neighbours, or if not viable (due to different opinions on direct action etc.) seek up groups of your peers.

Grind the country to a halt. To you who claim there are no options available: this is an action most people can take if you are willing to give up on luxuries for an uknown period of time - and share what resources you have to help those that are unable to otherwise.

The alternative? An increasing fascist dictatorship state that your kids will have to grow up in, not “the land of the free” you so proudly keep on repeating.

Stay free.

Also, apparently dual hot-swappable battery laptops have existed…

Indeed, I still hold on to my trusty ThinkPad T420 for that reason (and the excellent Linux support). Two batteries can be used at the same time, one of them hot-swappable.

Here is an archived version of the link, as the original seems to be dead: https://archive.ph/aDmgK

Archived version: https://archive.ph/A73Mv

I was doing some research the other day and found this list:

https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

Related, UwUified Linux distribution logos: https://github.com/CharlotteCross1998/linuwux

Coincidentally(?), just a few weeks before the government of Sweden proposed this change of the law to force Signal to implement a backdoor/logging mechanism, the Swedish army requested that all their employees switch to Signal for private communication…

I need a pair of golf shoes!

I had no idea. TIL!

Correct :-) Has been done:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210116105900/https://www.revk.uk/2020/01/eicar-test-qr.html