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rhythmisaprancer
member since 11 May 2026 05:24
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- on ALPR (Flock etc) & TPMS thoughts in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 31 Aug 2026
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on Watch someone turn the script around on Flock Cameras in front of Santa Clarita’s city council in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
I don’t know if this reverse psychology will work on elected officials, but what a great speech! The council folks may not be won over, but I would think audience members will notice. Increased attention like this has worked where I live, the officials in charge decided to not add in additional surveillance. The “top cop,” however, used language that seemed to me indicate they would pursue this in the future.
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on Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026
I went thru the article again, and with your input it seems pretty obvious. Without it, tho, it is clear I have a reading comprehension issue that I am not excited about.
Thank you for moderating!! I’ve read about this (wifi sensing bodies) before and am not excited.
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on Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026
It isn’t clear to me from the article whether a device would need to have connected with any of the wifi networks previously or if the device somehow recognizes the existence of said network and performs some kind of hand shake. This seems important. My devices don’t automatically connect to anything except my home, hidden network, but I would like to know how this works.
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on New sodium-ion battery skips mechanical cooling with 97.9% efficiency in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Aug 2026
Not who you replied to, but thanks for explaining! I saw the /j but still didn’t get it. I wasn’t a good chemistry student…
Tire pressure monitoring sensors don’t transmit continually. It probably varies from one manufacturer to another, but it isn’t enough that a fixed camera could reliably catch them transmitting. They have a battery, and the accuracy has to be balanced with life span. The older systems you mentioned mostly used things like ABS sensors to sense tire inflation issues. No wireless signals with them.
I not familiar with high end vehicles, maybe jaguars etc are different but an average person will have or did have what I mentioned for the most part.
Tech changes, maybe next year we get wifi TPMS 🫤