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Bop Spotter: "a box high up on a pole somewhere in the Mission. Inside is a crappy Android phone, set to Shazam constantly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's solar powered, and the mic is pointed (andrew.masto.host)
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Bop Spotter: "a box high up on a pole somewhere in the Mission. Inside is a crappy Android phone, set to Shazam constantly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's solar powered, and the mic is pointed down at the street below"

https://walzr.com/bop-spotter

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Jeez, we have surveillance hobbyists now.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you want to see someone who really deserves that title, check out Brendan O'Connor's talk about the CreepyDOL project at DEFCON 21. Nice reminder of how much information most of us are leaking in the RF spectrum for anybody interested in listening and piecing things together.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Been a thing for all long time. See police scanners. Unfortunately going the way of the past as cops hide their coms with encryption to be even less accountable.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also because boy racers and other assorted scrotes would listen in.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The pizza boy union filed too many reports about closed roads and having to find another way home