Notices by Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm: (markwyner@mas.to)

The company that created these cameras is called Flock. A group called DeFlock has a database of locations for all the ALPRs:

https://deflock.me/

They’re using @openstreetmap to source the data. And they have an app that you can fire up in your car that will hunt for Bluetooth signals from these cameras (unfortunately it’s Android only). They call this “wardriving.”

When found, they’re queued up to be added to the database. So the map is growing each day.

🧵 2/3

ICE is tapping into a nationwide AI-enabled camera surveillance system. Good times.

https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/

The good news is that these automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are very hackable. And, of course, they’re easy to disable with some elbow grease.

It’s illegal. But if someone wanted to, there are ways. Just saying. Ahem…

https://www.wikihow.com/Blind-a-Surveillance-Camera

https://www.itpro.com/security/25510/number-plate-recognition-cameras-can-be-hacked-by-anyone

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/new-alpr-vulnerabilities-prove-mass-surveillance-public-safety-threat

🧵 1/3

#InfoSec #ICE #Hacking #Privacy #Resist #Resistance

There are myriad reasons the ALPRs are bad news. Even beyond ICE having access to them. They’re primed for mass surveillance.

1. They track movements and store live location data indefinitely.
2. The data is publicly-accessible. This has led to wrongful arrests, profiling, and cops stalking their ex-partners.
3. Their system hasn’t yielded any meaningful prevention, reduction, or solving of crimes.

TechCrunch has more details on this:

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/police-alpr-license-plate-readers-accessible-internet/

🧵 3/3

Y’all. Mastodon has a new Terms of Service that’s problematic. I’m hoping and cautiously optimistic that they’ll sort it out. But for now it’s not good.

@mcc wrote one of the best GitHub issues I’ve ever seen. It explains everything in great detail. Check it out if you want a full picture on the situation.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/35086

🧵 1/2

#Mastodon #TOS #IP #IntellectualProperty

Friends. I need help with a translation from Farsi to English for a moderation decision. It’s possible the translation tools aren’t accurate.

If you’re able to help, please DM me. Thanks!

#Translation #Farsi

Think we’re not in a police state? Think again.

There is a violent, sociopathic, cosplay sheriff in Brevard County, FL.

“Throw a brick, a firebomb or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at. Because we will kill you graveyard dead.”

Murdered for throwing a brick? That’s legalized domestic terrorism, not policing.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/06/13/brevard-sheriffs-warning-to-violent-protestors-we-will-kill-you-graveyard-dead/

#PoliceState #Protest #Resist #AbolishThePolice #BrevardCounty #Florida #Totalitarianism

Apparently this is what democracy looks like?

I’m attending 3 protests on Saturday. ✊🏻

Gear for lawful assembly:

Water (hydration)
Protein/carb snacks
Full-size resist flag

Additional gear for lawful assembly in a totalitarian police state:

Helmet
Gas mask
Goggles
Motorcycle gloves
Padded jacket
Boots
First-aid kit
Water + antacid (tear gas and pepper spray)
Going-home-to-my-fam good luck charm

#Resist #Protest #NoKings #AbolishThePolice #AbolishICE

This is Lola. She loves to go for a ride in the car.

But…

Her favorite thing is actually returning home. She runs to the door, jolts inside, and jumps around all excited that the people she was already with are now home.

🤷🏻♂️

#Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Mastodogs

@mycrowgirl def. It would be more accurate if at least two of those bookshelves were filled with vinyl.

Someone shared a low-quality meme of a laugh/cry emoji. Great idea, but not usable. So I custom designed my own version with care. And it’s hi-res.

(My friend @paninid calls it a “lolsob,” which I love. He’s funny like that.)

Here’s a PNG for you. If you want an SVG to add to your system’s emoji library, you can grab it from my @omgdotlol CDN:

https://cdn.some.pics/markwyner/6836a4df97d49.svg

Enjoy lolsobbing!

#Emoji #Laugh #Cry #LOLSob

Saw this bumper sticker. If every human being obliged this sentiment, the world would level up to infinity.

#Kindness #DoBetter #BeGood

I’m a Jewish Atheist. Didn’t know Jewish identity can be ethnic without Judaism? There may be other things that surprise you about us.

You can read more in my piece about Jewish American Heritage Month:

https://markwrites.io/jewish-american-heritage-month

I also stand with Palestine. As do many Jews. Most of us aren’t Zionists, who are religions extremists.

Let us learn about, celebrate, and love one another.

#JewishAmericanHeritageMonth #Jews #Jewish #Culture #Heritage #Ethnicity #Coexist

@kims disadvantaged dodgeball matches ahead.

Nissin ramen commercial. Based on what I see here, it seems…I dunno…spicy?

#Japan #Nissin #Ramen #Metal #Illustration #Animation #StopMeFromDrunkPosting

Psst…

Hey, journalists. Yeah, those of you licking boots right now. THIS is how you write a headline.

Thank you, Michael Tomasky.

#MichaelTomasky #TheNewRepublic #Journalism #Media #News #Headlines

Whoa. A security cam in Myanmar captured an earthquake fault rupture live. This may be the first ever caught on camera?

Watch the fence-line on the right. And note the power-line tower behind it.

👀

More on earthquake ruptures:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_rupture

#Earthquake #Myanmar #FaultRupture #Geology

@lavaeolus more:

“President Donald Trump…dismissed the top copyright official in the nation, a position traditionally overseen by the legislative branch.

Federal law provides that the Register of Copyrights be appointed by and supervised by the Librarian of Congress. The previous Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, was fired Thursday by the White House with no reason provided in a two sentence email. This action once again tramples on Congress’s Article One authority”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/10/trump-u-s-copyright-official-00340306

To all of the republicans who voted for a lying, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, rapist so they could lower their food bill: fuck you.

Last month we paid $52.99 for our dog food.

This month it costs $97.99.

#Economy #Tariffs #RepublicanVotersAreMorons

@cwebber Will this be recorded and posted to the same PeerTube account?

Regarding Meta’s camera glasses (not calling them “smart” because they’re not).

In 2013 I worked on these glasses. Not Meta’s, but an Intel version. We killed the project after generative research. Why? Because it became clear how invasive they would be.

We couldn’t find a way around that. So ethics said stop.

Meta says they don’t care. Of course.

https://petapixel.com/2022/07/14/meta-admits-smart-glasses-put-privacy-at-risk-offers-no-solutions/

#Privacy #Tech #Technology #Meta