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The sentiment is good, but I suspect the way of the future is many small, inexpensive cameras, rather than one large one. Much the way a government surveils it's citizenry. |
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A can of spray paint would render this device useless. |
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Hadn't thought of the spray paint. Solution: a coating of clear oil. This would both allow for easy cleaning (another protestor with a towel or spinning windshield wiper), and would make any removal attempt more difficult. |
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"Many small cameras"...interconnected wirelessly, recording in a RAID like fashion so that if a protestor is lost here or there, the video can still be reconstructed. |
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Wishful thinking, but mildly clever. If they don't want you recording, they can just have cop #2 sit on it to block your view, or park a car over you. And carrying that turtle shell around would make you stick out as a target more than if you just discretely held a camera inside your jacket. |
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I can see the idea now.... [ P-aparazzi I-ntegrated C-amera T-otalitarian U-ndercover R-AID E-thernet S-etup ] |
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//secured to the ground from the inside//
How? |
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My favorite method would be the manhole cover. Many other common city items could be used to attach this to. It could be attached to a parking curb, it could be designed to clamp onto a small tree or handrail, perhaps even a fire hydrant as long as you left the useful parts unblocked. A drill and concrete bolts could be used as well, though non-destructive means would be preferred. |
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[RBS] The ventilation hole could be covered from the inside. |
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It sounds like something I'd like to see on the streets, but I think that a whole bunch of protesters carrying video cameraphones will probably be more successful. Especially when they work out how to do live feed from those things. |
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And I will attach my redundant RiotTortoise (tm) to my bike to allow me to avoid rain, and take out more pedestrians. |
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A camera disguised as a bit a trash, say a pop bottle. |
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Vacuum cups could clamp cameras to windows two or three stories above the crowd site. Radio release to recover as they fall into a gunny sack for protesters, but special trucks, poles for police to reach. |
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Dozens of fake shells held in place sticky tape. Handed out to the crowd to place where and when they choose. Would provide camouflage for real ones. |
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I suppose cell phones with cameras have made this whole class of cameras more or less "overcome by events". |
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Radio-controlled airplanes carrying cameras, with the
pilots hiding in nearby buildings. FPV is common now,
so the equipment exists. The only issue is safety when
flying over a crowd. |
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It turns out that the air hole covers in the Riot Tortoise will admit small but adequate quantities of gasoline. |
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...to be uses as a flame thrower. I like where you're
going with that. |
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