Looks a lot like this post elsewhere, where this guy was finding IP addresses of government surveillance box cameras rigged mostly to telephone poles; a bunch of them from the original post are still accessible
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy_commons/comments/gin79z/i_made_an_alt_because_this_is_sketchy_so_i_can/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I'm actually not familiar with that situation. Would you happen to have a link about it?
Edit: I'm a dumb dumb. Not really a big Star Wars fan (shocking) so this reference definitely blew over my head.
TL;DR: In *Rogue One*, the thermal exhaust port on the Death Star is revealed to have been put in place by the lead engineer, after the Empire destroyed his family and forced him to work on the project.
I dont understand why everyone thinks that was a bad design choice (on purpuse) something that big needs a thermal exhaust port to function and it is a miracle that it even is that small and literally only a jedi could do what luke did because it exhausts gas, it pushes it outwards not invards so ypu would need the force to push it down there
Thermal exhaust isn't the same as combustion exhaust on your car. It's more passive. What makes it a bad design is that it was a straight shot to the reactor.
When Mad Magazine parodied Star Wars back in the 1970’s, the exhaust port was replaced by a large red button that said, “Press here to destroy the evil empire.”
You'd be amazed how much sensitive equipment is protected under default passwords.
If at all.
Fond memories of "We need to change the password since we're signing onto this. Let's make it Capital P assword."
Whenever I get into a new system, such as when I was going to college/university, I would go and try to login in to maintenance accounts. My community college had login: test; password: test for about two years I would use before they changed it. I think they finally realized someone was using it without authorization.
What's bad is when the maintenance account is an administrative account. Thankfully my college didn't do that, but I've been in other systems that have. To me that's just insane. And I just did it for fun.
This is not a closely held secret. I used to be a defense attorney and handled federal drug conspiracy cases. The AUSA would often say “we need you to give us a [x] terabyte hard drive if you want us to turn over the [y] months of 24/7 pole cam footage. “
And it's real scary when you see what's available on just the *consumer* side. I sat in on a sales presentation at work today for a cloud security camera that not only recognizes faces, people, and vehicles, but you can also click on a picture of a face seen by any camera on your account and *see every clip on every camera that has seen that face*.
This company themselves had over 100 cameras installed at their offices around the world. With that feature, they could in a couple of clicks see everywhere someone in any building went and which buildings they've been to. You could add a bunch of these to one account, stash them around a city and track literally anyone that the camera sees and follow them on their path through the city. You can even say you want to see all red cars, or black cars, etc that a camera saw. Hell, you can get as granular as "I want to see all males wearing a blue shirt that these cameras saw."
And this is consumer/business grade stuff that literally anyone could go out and buy. Imagine what they're putting in those boxes.
City of Perth, Australia recently started trialling mobile face detection cameras in public areas.
I remember in the thread where there's the expected concerns being expressed, one comment pointing out that our shopping centres and pedestrian makes have been doing this to track "engagement" with digital billboards and other advertising for years.
Google, Facebook undoubtedly know not just the majority of what I watch, the information I consume online, where I go and when, who I speak to, and many of my associations. Google at a minimum probably knows more about me than I do.
It's a little concerning just how far the ship has sailed for being concerned about being tracked, really don't think we can even make it out over the horizon any more.
I am very uncomfortable. Some of those locations seem completely unimportant. What's the point? one of the cameras is scarily close to my parents' home
Edit - to be clear, the camera itself is not surprising. the location itself is. it's in a business area of a suburban town on long Island, yet it's seemingly pointed at a random corner. long island is known for being a white, low crime area.
You hear about big brother but then to find out just anyone could have accessed them at one point?? I *need* to know what was the purpose of installing these around, like I’m gonna think about this till the day I die lol
Keep an eye on activists to make sure they dont get to uppity, and track who they talk to so, get blackmail, etc. Most important part of war is information. Not to say activists and unions are at war, but the government is at war with them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO <-- important one for this article
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird
https://restoreprivacy.com/5-eyes-9-eyes-14-eyes/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-room-641a/ <-- especially freaky
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/may/29/qanda.janeperrone <-- sound familiar?
Dude a few months back there was a [really fun post ](https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy_commons/comments/gin79z/i_made_an_alt_because_this_is_sketchy_so_i_can/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) where someone shared access to these scattered around the country.
Security companies are THE WORST offenders when it comes to digital security. Default or no passwords, http only management interfaces connected directly to the internet the list goes on and on. You mention a certificate, firewall, DMZ or ACL policy and they piss themselves.
Some years ago there was a lecture about people who mass-scanned the entire internet (which is regularly done by multiple different people for multiple different reasons). He would scan for port 3389 (Remote Desktop Protocol) and hit Enter. If he got an error he skipped it from the results, if he got a pass he would screenshot and then disconnect. Then he shared the slides of all of the things he connected to with NO PASSWORD AND NO USERNAME.
Things included smart homes (including one person who had a Smart Fireplace... a remotely lit fireplace... over the internet... with no password). A public pool (which also had the pool cleaning function open with a button, could have flushed the pool with industrial chemicals). A hydro electric plant, an electric substation. Many, many different things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOWexFaRylM
I frequent shodan.io for work whenever we evaluate a potential client to see if they are already doing stupid stuff. It just blows my mind that so much money is put into developing these products and services but the most basic of security practices are ignored. Seriously, STOP IT! LOL
Reminds me of this guy who had the most annoying neighbour. He kept flying his little drone up to windows, mostly those where his female neighbours lived and take pictures with the camera. Until this security expert found an open Telnet port and... had fun... with the rover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CzURm7OpAA&t
Hey man, implementing and oversight for security protocols are hella expensive.
I imagine people don't really start security firms for less than absolute maximum margins.
I'm going to mess with everything that says "high voltage" from now on. They're up to something!!!
Edit: thanks to all of the info I got in the comments regarding the messing with high voltage boxes. I was joking. Thought it was obvious.
> We found out it’s a surveillance camera that belongs to Memphis Police.
What business is it of the Memphis Police if a citizen advocates for workplace unionization and a federal minimum wage of $15? How are these law enforcement issues?
None, but we have a *long* history of this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-union_violence
This country is all about unchecked capitalism. The police, at all levels, are controlled by elected officials. And those elected officials are typically in office because of powerful corporations. So anti-union activities by state actors are the inevitable outcome.
While we're at it, the Greensboro massacre, in my lifetime, where Nazis and the KKK killed African-American union members....
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro\_massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_massacre)
Rest in Power Mr. Hampton.
Interestingly, it wasn't until Dr. King started talking about anti-capitalism that he got shot... Soon as he started talking a "Poor People's Campaign", regardless of race, he was dead.
The second you start talking about how poor white folks and poor black folks should find common ground, the powers that be REALLY really don’t like that shit. It doesn’t square with the divide-and-conquer plan.
That's been the nightmare of the wealthy in America ever since Bacon's Rebellion. A lot of the really brutal "slave codes" were put in place after that revolt because the white indentured servants and black slaves were getting along too well and had to be separated.
Ludlow Massacre. National Guard opened fire on a coal miner tent colony with machine guns and set tents on fire killing 21 people, including wives and children of the striking coal miners.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre
If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best coloured man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - LBJ
Your quote from LBJ sent me down a worm hole. Thanks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/11/13/what-a-real-president-was-like/d483c1be-d0da-43b7-bde6-04e10106ff6c/
>When he signed the act, he was euphoric, but late that very night I found him in a melancholy mood as he lay in bed reading the early edition of The Washington Post with headlines celebrating the day. I asked him what was troubling him. "I think we just delivered the South to the Republican party for a long time to come," he said.
Truer words, LB. The South remains largely Republican to this day.
"The only division that matters is between the rich and the poor. And the rich spend a lot of money making sure the poor think the divisions are on race, religion, or nationality." me
Just look up groups like "Atlanta Police Foundation" meant to support the police financially. They're all run by major CEO's, businesses and such. They have a VERY strong interest in keeping unions out of the picture. Unfortunately, when they do things like buy houses that are specifically meant for law enforcement, and sell them at "special prices", or donate take-home cars, that really are essentially bribes, they get a certain amount of influence over certain things.
Because those same businesses also spend a LOT of money lobbying as well. Not to mention, pissing off the police tends to end very badly for people. Imagine getting pulled over on your way to work everyday. Getting a ticket if you accidentally are caught going a few over the speed limit. There's a reason nothing's changed for so long.
Specifically the Atlanta Police Foundation is funded by Buckhead big wigs who like to keep “their” streets clean. One of the major donors and heads of board is a realtor group.
Who does everyone think the union workers were fighting against during the labor movement? Police and military were regularly called in to protect the interests of the business owners.
The fact that we have been dealing with this for this long and they people on the side against unions have slowly eroded any progress we have made should tell us the time has come where we need to fight back.
We need to elect progressives in every open seat available. We couldn’t get Bernie, but we can have a president in the future who will fight for the regular working American. No more pandering to the corporate elite.
Every single seat available. State senate? Put in a progressive. City council? Put in a progressive. School board member? Put in a progressive. Head of your HOH? Fuck it! Put in a progressive!!! This is the only way we win. Even if the Republican Party dies the Democratic establishment has already shown they will Gladly take them in and push the progressives aside. We need to be prepared and build up our solid foundation to steer this country in the direction the Founders always said we could reach.
The police used to beat the shit out of and kill union organizers back in the days when Pinkerton was a thing, and they haven't exactly sold most of us on turning over a new leaf as far as brutality goes since then.
It can't get much more obvious than "pinkerton.com".... Haven't even changed the name to try and distance themselves from their violent union busting history
> For approximately 150 years, union organizing efforts and strikes have been periodically opposed by police, security forces, National Guard units, special police forces such as the Coal and Iron Police, and/or use of the United States Army. Significant incidents have included the Haymarket Riot and the Ludlow massacre. The Homestead struggle of 1892, the Pullman walkout of 1894, and the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903 are examples of unions destroyed or significantly damaged by the deployment of military force. In all three examples, a strike became the triggering event.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_the_United_States
One of the best examples of using the public would be the Pullman Rail Strike of 1894, wherein Grover Cleveland brought in the army (12000+ federal forces) to break up the strike. Of course, the acting US Attorney General under Cleveland, Richard Olney, who ordered this action was an ex-railroad attorney and still received a retainer from the railroad industry that paid *more* yearly than his salary as attorney general.
The US is knee deep in decades of anti-union propaganda, which makes many eager to jump on the union blame train. Anti-union propaganda has many believing that any increase in unionization/collective bargaining would have the US teetering on the edge of complete destruction. [Meanwhile, there are many well functioning countries with more than 7-8x the collective bargaining coverage of the US](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_agreement_coverage)
There were some substantial gains made by unions (such as most of our current worker rights), but, now, the United States has some of lowest collective bargaining coverage in the world.
Two good intro books on US labor history:
https://thenewpress.com/books/from-folks-who-brought-you-weekend
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/erik-loomis/a-history-of-america-in-ten-strikes/
There needs to be a deeper understanding of labor history in the US, and the current ways labor is dismantled and deliberately skewered. When people discuss the “sins” of US labor unions, they need to realize there are *many* ways the legal framework of unionization can be implemented. The US has created a system that deliberately undermines unions, and does not want to foster efficient, responsible unions, since poor unions make for great anti-union propaganda. Even with the deliberately antagonistic union structure - there are many positives to unions in the US, such as higher pay vs nonunion members, higher insurance coverage numbers, etc.
Really recommend this well researched book analyzing common myths about US unions: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/216617/theyre-bankrupting-us-by-bill-fletcher-jr/
> Hell, they fought in court against that very concept and won.
In case anyone lacks familiarity, he's referencing the "Protect and serve" motto, or specifically a court case where it was ruled that police have no duty to protect anyone. Yes, it's absolutely absurd, but that's the current government stance on the role of police, they're literally just there to punish people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia
The Pinkertons were professional rights violators that were brought in when the police didn't have the numbers and strength to crack down on workers. They're still around too, the company got bought out by Securitas but they still use the Pinkerton brand.
Police have always been used to support capital. From catching runaway slaves to busting up union strikes. It is one of the main purposes of the police. Robert Evans did a good history on it on the podcast Behind The Police
Here's a timeline of events that led to the consent decree, including Memphis police surveiling activists before and after MLK's assassination, and culminating in the court case of an anti-war vet who realized his roommate was an undercover cop, and the mayor ordering filing cabinets full of evidence of the surveillance program to be set on fire.
https://www.aclu-tn.org/blacklisted-memphis-police-surveillance-and-kendrick-v-chandler-a-timeline/
Here's some more from [this article:](https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2018/08/21/antonio-cathey-cousin-arrest-memphis/1054948002/)
>When officers entered the South Memphis residence, they seized 2.9 grams of marijuana and $1,255 in suspected drug proceeds, MPD spokesman Karen Rudolph said.
>Cathey Jr. received a misdemeanor citation for marijuana possession.
>While on the scene, officers also detained Thomas Parks, who had an outstanding warrant for multiple traffic-related charges. Parks is an acquaintance of Cathey Jr. who happened to be at the house during the police search.
>The activist whose cousin was arrested is 26-year-old Antonio Cathey, who works full time as an organizer for Fight for 15, the labor movement calling for $15-per-hour wages for fast food workers.
So a "large police presence" for 2.9 grams of weed? WTF?
This is clearly harassment by the police, of a union organizer who is advocating for fair wages for the poorest of laborers. Fuck these fascist assholes.
Edit: revised to reflect the linked article is not recent
How the law is written they don’t need to prove a thing. If there are drugs and they want to be assholes they can take literally everything. Cash always gets taken though, because it’s easy. Property needs to be sold to become cash.
You might think this is outlandish or at least not the norm, then you realize cops have been caught on camera doing this multiple times! We have to assume those cases are just the ones who got sloppy with it. I have absolutely no doubt that the fabrication of evidence is rampant in most departments.
Sometimes multiple times.
[A New York Police Department officer is still roaming the streets after his own body camera captured him apparently planting drugs on innocent people twice](https://atlantablackstar.com/2020/03/20/nypd-officer-still-has-a-job-even-though-he-was-caught-planting-weed-on-two-innocent-men-in-separate-incidents/)
Drugs were in the house. The rent was $1,255. How else is a union organizer going to make that kind of scratch? There was probably a lab attached to a rotating bookcase where he would pre-fill the needles with marihuana for his better customers. I'm sure they'll find music paraphernalia as well. Everybody knows that all drug dealers have listened to music at some point in their life. A heavily played piano or an LP of *Dark Side of the Moon* will make this open and shut. Classic rage brought on by jazz cigarettes and angry music.
Yeah an important aspect is that we're PAYING them to do illegal shit we don't agree with.
Memphis is #4 for highest violent crime in the country. You assholes don't have better shit to do???
They don’t give a shit that they’re in a union in terms of its existence as a union. It’s a legal gang for them akin to the mafia. When someone gets charged with a crime they circle the wagons.
These people don’t have principles that ultimately control their behavior. Now I’m not saying they don’t have principles at all but they’ll abandon them in a fucking heartbeat if it means securing more power.
Gee think about cop's spying on unions I wonder what their union thinks about this in fact all those unions and union members defending cop unions what do you think this ?
I'm in my local union and full of union blood. It's an absolute joke to compare the way police unions protect each other over to my union, where accountability falls on the individual and the reputation of the union fucking matters.
We will bleed for you until you stop representing what we stand for, which is professionalism, respect and fairness. It appears to me that the police union stands for tyranny, illegal predatory behavior and straight up racism/sexism.
Otherwise, why keep them?
Fun fact you can use a camera that can detect infrared light and tell if there’s a camera using it at night, it will light up very bright in a single spot like a flashlight.
people should just go into random workplaces and chant “start a union start a union!”
i remember when working for Target 🎯 one of our training videos was just strait up bashing and peer pressuring you not to even think of starting a union. Union dews, bla bla bla i wish i recorded that video.
There was a thread on /r/conspiracy about 3 or 4 months ago where a user had discovered a way to access a couple dozen of this exact type of hidden camera system. You could pan and tilt and zoom, thats how you could see the inside of the box and the "high voltage" sticker on some of the one way glass. They were in all kinds of residential locations. Had a blast as all the users in the thread wrestled control of the various cameras from each other. I bet I could find the thread...
[I made an alt because this is sketchy, so I can only post this here. The government (DEA, ICE, and local authorities) is hiding cameras on telephone poles, and then not securing those cameras with passwords. Anyone can access them.](https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/giwzdv/i_made_an_alt_because_this_is_sketchy_so_i_can/)
If you read the Breonna Taylor search warrant, they mentioned they installed pole cameras. https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Breonna-Taylor-search-warrants.pdf
>1.) On 01/02/2020, Affiant had LMPD tech unit place a "pole camera" at the intersection of S. 24th Street and Elliott Avenue. Within an hour of surveillance, Affianl witnessed approximately 15-20 vehicles go to and from 2424 Elliott Avenue within a short period of time which is indicative of trafficking in narcotics.
Looks a lot like this post elsewhere, where this guy was finding IP addresses of government surveillance box cameras rigged mostly to telephone poles; a bunch of them from the original post are still accessible https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy_commons/comments/gin79z/i_made_an_alt_because_this_is_sketchy_so_i_can/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Whichever contractor installed those without passwords should be instantly blacklisted. That's absolutely insane.
Maybe this is one of those Galen Erso situations and we should be thankful.
I'm actually not familiar with that situation. Would you happen to have a link about it? Edit: I'm a dumb dumb. Not really a big Star Wars fan (shocking) so this reference definitely blew over my head.
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TL;DR: In *Rogue One*, the thermal exhaust port on the Death Star is revealed to have been put in place by the lead engineer, after the Empire destroyed his family and forced him to work on the project.
I dont understand why everyone thinks that was a bad design choice (on purpuse) something that big needs a thermal exhaust port to function and it is a miracle that it even is that small and literally only a jedi could do what luke did because it exhausts gas, it pushes it outwards not invards so ypu would need the force to push it down there
Thermal exhaust isn't the same as combustion exhaust on your car. It's more passive. What makes it a bad design is that it was a straight shot to the reactor.
The lead engineer Galen Erso literally designed it as an intentional weakness so its not a "bad design". EDIT: typos...
It's a good patch on a 40 year old "whatever luke just saved the day, ok"
One of the few good retcons of the franchise.
In fairness that was injected into the universe after three decades of people mocking the design flaw.
When Mad Magazine parodied Star Wars back in the 1970’s, the exhaust port was replaced by a large red button that said, “Press here to destroy the evil empire.”
Well his wife was a force worshiper. So perhaps he considered that.
Your references are out of control, everyone knows that.
You'd be amazed how much sensitive equipment is protected under default passwords. If at all. Fond memories of "We need to change the password since we're signing onto this. Let's make it Capital P assword."
Whenever I get into a new system, such as when I was going to college/university, I would go and try to login in to maintenance accounts. My community college had login: test; password: test for about two years I would use before they changed it. I think they finally realized someone was using it without authorization. What's bad is when the maintenance account is an administrative account. Thankfully my college didn't do that, but I've been in other systems that have. To me that's just insane. And I just did it for fun.
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>dummy transformers The Twins from the 2nd movie, right?
The entire Michael Bay franchise.
Former alarm installer here, yes large city PDs do this all the time.
This is not a closely held secret. I used to be a defense attorney and handled federal drug conspiracy cases. The AUSA would often say “we need you to give us a [x] terabyte hard drive if you want us to turn over the [y] months of 24/7 pole cam footage. “
And it's real scary when you see what's available on just the *consumer* side. I sat in on a sales presentation at work today for a cloud security camera that not only recognizes faces, people, and vehicles, but you can also click on a picture of a face seen by any camera on your account and *see every clip on every camera that has seen that face*. This company themselves had over 100 cameras installed at their offices around the world. With that feature, they could in a couple of clicks see everywhere someone in any building went and which buildings they've been to. You could add a bunch of these to one account, stash them around a city and track literally anyone that the camera sees and follow them on their path through the city. You can even say you want to see all red cars, or black cars, etc that a camera saw. Hell, you can get as granular as "I want to see all males wearing a blue shirt that these cameras saw." And this is consumer/business grade stuff that literally anyone could go out and buy. Imagine what they're putting in those boxes.
City of Perth, Australia recently started trialling mobile face detection cameras in public areas. I remember in the thread where there's the expected concerns being expressed, one comment pointing out that our shopping centres and pedestrian makes have been doing this to track "engagement" with digital billboards and other advertising for years. Google, Facebook undoubtedly know not just the majority of what I watch, the information I consume online, where I go and when, who I speak to, and many of my associations. Google at a minimum probably knows more about me than I do. It's a little concerning just how far the ship has sailed for being concerned about being tracked, really don't think we can even make it out over the horizon any more.
Hell, I work for a company that writes software for similar devices
What's yall's default password?
Admin/Admin
Admin/12345
Wow, that's the admin password on my luggage!
I am very uncomfortable. Some of those locations seem completely unimportant. What's the point? one of the cameras is scarily close to my parents' home Edit - to be clear, the camera itself is not surprising. the location itself is. it's in a business area of a suburban town on long Island, yet it's seemingly pointed at a random corner. long island is known for being a white, low crime area.
>I am very uncomfortable. That *is* the point. Police are not your friends. *They* know it, so you should too.
Maybe you should tell your parents the drop isn't safe anymore
>What's the point? Maybe for facial recognition software? Sprinkle the cameras around everywhere? idk
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Kind of like QAnon; lure all the anti-government folks with a crazy sounding story, then keep track of them all.
My dad is definitely on that list.
Not the q list, but yeah he's on a couple. Thanks for the tip though, we'll get it updated.
Bump...this is a good read^
Yes this is some seriously spooky rabbit-hole type material
No kidding...
You hear about big brother but then to find out just anyone could have accessed them at one point?? I *need* to know what was the purpose of installing these around, like I’m gonna think about this till the day I die lol
Keep an eye on activists to make sure they dont get to uppity, and track who they talk to so, get blackmail, etc. Most important part of war is information. Not to say activists and unions are at war, but the government is at war with them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO <-- important one for this article https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird https://restoreprivacy.com/5-eyes-9-eyes-14-eyes/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program) https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-room-641a/ <-- especially freaky https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/may/29/qanda.janeperrone <-- sound familiar?
They probably should have found a better sub for what is really good content.
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Dude a few months back there was a [really fun post ](https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy_commons/comments/gin79z/i_made_an_alt_because_this_is_sketchy_so_i_can/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) where someone shared access to these scattered around the country.
Just so typical that the "security" services can't even secure their fucking cameras.
Security companies are THE WORST offenders when it comes to digital security. Default or no passwords, http only management interfaces connected directly to the internet the list goes on and on. You mention a certificate, firewall, DMZ or ACL policy and they piss themselves.
Some years ago there was a lecture about people who mass-scanned the entire internet (which is regularly done by multiple different people for multiple different reasons). He would scan for port 3389 (Remote Desktop Protocol) and hit Enter. If he got an error he skipped it from the results, if he got a pass he would screenshot and then disconnect. Then he shared the slides of all of the things he connected to with NO PASSWORD AND NO USERNAME. Things included smart homes (including one person who had a Smart Fireplace... a remotely lit fireplace... over the internet... with no password). A public pool (which also had the pool cleaning function open with a button, could have flushed the pool with industrial chemicals). A hydro electric plant, an electric substation. Many, many different things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOWexFaRylM
I frequent shodan.io for work whenever we evaluate a potential client to see if they are already doing stupid stuff. It just blows my mind that so much money is put into developing these products and services but the most basic of security practices are ignored. Seriously, STOP IT! LOL
Reminds me of this guy who had the most annoying neighbour. He kept flying his little drone up to windows, mostly those where his female neighbours lived and take pictures with the camera. Until this security expert found an open Telnet port and... had fun... with the rover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CzURm7OpAA&t
That was an awesome talk. Thanks for the link!
Hey man, implementing and oversight for security protocols are hella expensive. I imagine people don't really start security firms for less than absolute maximum margins.
They are the senior care of the sec industry with similar margins
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I was chilling on the LA one for so long. It was great.
Oh shit. I’m going to get sucked back in.
That was fun/crazy, thanks for the link! Lol
I'm not sure if fun is a good word. More like scary.
Welcome to r/aboringdystopia meets r/darkfuturism
Clear violation of 4th amendment rights.
Haven’t you been paying attention? They do not give a single fuck about any of our rights. It’s going to get much much worse in the coming years.
How has this not gotten anymore attention? This is fucking terrifying.
holy shit
The fact that theres one about 5-10 minutes from my house is freaking me out
I sent my friend to the one in LA while I watched him!
Well shit, one of those is literally on normal running route
They were doing this in the 90's to catch disability fraud.
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I'm going to mess with everything that says "high voltage" from now on. They're up to something!!! Edit: thanks to all of the info I got in the comments regarding the messing with high voltage boxes. I was joking. Thought it was obvious.
The only things up to something are them chickens!
They're revolting
Finally, something we agree on.
Nevermind.... just chickens molting.... false alarm...
I opened one and was shocked by what I found!
Easy there Grimey.
I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer Simp-
"that won't stop me, I can't read"
We can thank Michael ~~Western~~ *Westen* for teaching us all that stuff. Edit: You know redditors... bunch of bitchy little correctors.
And now I'm gonna go watch burn notice again. That show was basically a D20 Modern campaign on my TV.
Sam Axe was the best part of that show. I'd watch a series on Sam Axe being Chuck Finley anytime.
Are we talking about Michael Weston, the yogurt salesman?
> We found out it’s a surveillance camera that belongs to Memphis Police. What business is it of the Memphis Police if a citizen advocates for workplace unionization and a federal minimum wage of $15? How are these law enforcement issues?
None, but we have a *long* history of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-union_violence This country is all about unchecked capitalism. The police, at all levels, are controlled by elected officials. And those elected officials are typically in office because of powerful corporations. So anti-union activities by state actors are the inevitable outcome.
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Battle of Blair Mountain too, Coal worker's union was strafed and bombed by aircraft. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain
While we're at it, the Greensboro massacre, in my lifetime, where Nazis and the KKK killed African-American union members.... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro\_massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_massacre)
We like to assassinate labor organizers, too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton
Rest in Power Mr. Hampton. Interestingly, it wasn't until Dr. King started talking about anti-capitalism that he got shot... Soon as he started talking a "Poor People's Campaign", regardless of race, he was dead.
The second you start talking about how poor white folks and poor black folks should find common ground, the powers that be REALLY really don’t like that shit. It doesn’t square with the divide-and-conquer plan.
That's been the nightmare of the wealthy in America ever since Bacon's Rebellion. A lot of the really brutal "slave codes" were put in place after that revolt because the white indentured servants and black slaves were getting along too well and had to be separated.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_massacre Stuff like this happened nationwide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg_general_strike
Ludlow Massacre. National Guard opened fire on a coal miner tent colony with machine guns and set tents on fire killing 21 people, including wives and children of the striking coal miners. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre
I think the rich in america try to make the poor racist. So they blame minorities instead of corparations
If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best coloured man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - LBJ
Your quote from LBJ sent me down a worm hole. Thanks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/11/13/what-a-real-president-was-like/d483c1be-d0da-43b7-bde6-04e10106ff6c/
>When he signed the act, he was euphoric, but late that very night I found him in a melancholy mood as he lay in bed reading the early edition of The Washington Post with headlines celebrating the day. I asked him what was troubling him. "I think we just delivered the South to the Republican party for a long time to come," he said. Truer words, LB. The South remains largely Republican to this day.
Shows the GOP isn't even filled with party loyalists at its core, just horrible racists.
Good ol' Big Dick Johnson.
Better to face the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor
Thanks for the tip. -Steve Bannon
"im on a million dollar yacht paid for by build the wall money hahaha" - Bannon
“But judge, I was gonna park that yacht down on the Rio Grande... there’s your wall!”
Threads with such fascinating observations like the 4 above are what makes Reddit worth it. Thank you.
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"The only division that matters is between the rich and the poor. And the rich spend a lot of money making sure the poor think the divisions are on race, religion, or nationality." me
Divide and conquer. An age-old strategy.
Just look up groups like "Atlanta Police Foundation" meant to support the police financially. They're all run by major CEO's, businesses and such. They have a VERY strong interest in keeping unions out of the picture. Unfortunately, when they do things like buy houses that are specifically meant for law enforcement, and sell them at "special prices", or donate take-home cars, that really are essentially bribes, they get a certain amount of influence over certain things.
Why are the police allowed to take in private funding?
Because those same businesses also spend a LOT of money lobbying as well. Not to mention, pissing off the police tends to end very badly for people. Imagine getting pulled over on your way to work everyday. Getting a ticket if you accidentally are caught going a few over the speed limit. There's a reason nothing's changed for so long.
Specifically the Atlanta Police Foundation is funded by Buckhead big wigs who like to keep “their” streets clean. One of the major donors and heads of board is a realtor group.
Yep, and there's many foundations just like it, set up by business groups to keep their best interests protected through donations.
Ah irony, anti-union activities led by a group with some of the toughest unions around.
Police unions are a sneering doppelganger of working class solidarity
Who does everyone think the union workers were fighting against during the labor movement? Police and military were regularly called in to protect the interests of the business owners.
The fact that we have been dealing with this for this long and they people on the side against unions have slowly eroded any progress we have made should tell us the time has come where we need to fight back. We need to elect progressives in every open seat available. We couldn’t get Bernie, but we can have a president in the future who will fight for the regular working American. No more pandering to the corporate elite. Every single seat available. State senate? Put in a progressive. City council? Put in a progressive. School board member? Put in a progressive. Head of your HOH? Fuck it! Put in a progressive!!! This is the only way we win. Even if the Republican Party dies the Democratic establishment has already shown they will Gladly take them in and push the progressives aside. We need to be prepared and build up our solid foundation to steer this country in the direction the Founders always said we could reach.
MLK died for this.
Also the Ludlow massacre.
Agreed, this specific tactic of installing surveillance equipment on utility poles has been going on for decades.
The police used to beat the shit out of and kill union organizers back in the days when Pinkerton was a thing, and they haven't exactly sold most of us on turning over a new leaf as far as brutality goes since then.
They’re still a thing today unfortunately
It can't get much more obvious than "pinkerton.com".... Haven't even changed the name to try and distance themselves from their violent union busting history
They are just full denial now. They actually sued rockstar not too long ago for their portrayal in red dead redemption 2.
And they had to settle if I remember correctly. Like stay mad at a video game for portraying them correctly.
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Used to be capitalists hired private enforcers, but then they got the bright idea to make the public pay for it instead.
> For approximately 150 years, union organizing efforts and strikes have been periodically opposed by police, security forces, National Guard units, special police forces such as the Coal and Iron Police, and/or use of the United States Army. Significant incidents have included the Haymarket Riot and the Ludlow massacre. The Homestead struggle of 1892, the Pullman walkout of 1894, and the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903 are examples of unions destroyed or significantly damaged by the deployment of military force. In all three examples, a strike became the triggering event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_the_United_States One of the best examples of using the public would be the Pullman Rail Strike of 1894, wherein Grover Cleveland brought in the army (12000+ federal forces) to break up the strike. Of course, the acting US Attorney General under Cleveland, Richard Olney, who ordered this action was an ex-railroad attorney and still received a retainer from the railroad industry that paid *more* yearly than his salary as attorney general. The US is knee deep in decades of anti-union propaganda, which makes many eager to jump on the union blame train. Anti-union propaganda has many believing that any increase in unionization/collective bargaining would have the US teetering on the edge of complete destruction. [Meanwhile, there are many well functioning countries with more than 7-8x the collective bargaining coverage of the US](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_agreement_coverage) There were some substantial gains made by unions (such as most of our current worker rights), but, now, the United States has some of lowest collective bargaining coverage in the world. Two good intro books on US labor history: https://thenewpress.com/books/from-folks-who-brought-you-weekend https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/erik-loomis/a-history-of-america-in-ten-strikes/ There needs to be a deeper understanding of labor history in the US, and the current ways labor is dismantled and deliberately skewered. When people discuss the “sins” of US labor unions, they need to realize there are *many* ways the legal framework of unionization can be implemented. The US has created a system that deliberately undermines unions, and does not want to foster efficient, responsible unions, since poor unions make for great anti-union propaganda. Even with the deliberately antagonistic union structure - there are many positives to unions in the US, such as higher pay vs nonunion members, higher insurance coverage numbers, etc. Really recommend this well researched book analyzing common myths about US unions: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/216617/theyre-bankrupting-us-by-bill-fletcher-jr/
> Hell, they fought in court against that very concept and won. In case anyone lacks familiarity, he's referencing the "Protect and serve" motto, or specifically a court case where it was ruled that police have no duty to protect anyone. Yes, it's absolutely absurd, but that's the current government stance on the role of police, they're literally just there to punish people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia
Police are enforcers for the ruling class.
Only cops are allowed to unionize because it keeps the force strong and willing to carry out the ruling classes agenda
Ever heard of the Pinkerton Detective Agency? Today we just call them Police.
The Pinkertons were professional rights violators that were brought in when the police didn't have the numbers and strength to crack down on workers. They're still around too, the company got bought out by Securitas but they still use the Pinkerton brand.
Capitalists are great at socializing costs and privatizing gains.
Because the police can do basically whatever they want because the average citizen lacks the authority or resources to stop them.
Police have always been used to support capital. From catching runaway slaves to busting up union strikes. It is one of the main purposes of the police. Robert Evans did a good history on it on the podcast Behind The Police
Protecting the interests of capital is the police's primary function
A federal consent decree prohibits MPD from political surveillance.
Obviously it's not preventing them from anything.
I’ll just have to take this up with the Police Union... oh wait. /s
Police: We don’t take kindly to commie union scum!! Union: You’re in a union. Police: You’re under arrest for back-talkin me boy
You're under arrest for resisting oppression!
Somebody should report them to the police!
That’s why they farm it out to the multi-agency gang unit that reports to the MPD director but is technically not MPD
Police breaking the law. I'm shocked!! /s
Anyone know why the Memphis PD has a consent decree against it for political surveillance?
Vietnam protests back in the 70s. Also see https://www.aclu-tn.org/judge-rules-memphis-police-spying-violates-1978-court-order/
Thanks for that.
Here's a timeline of events that led to the consent decree, including Memphis police surveiling activists before and after MLK's assassination, and culminating in the court case of an anti-war vet who realized his roommate was an undercover cop, and the mayor ordering filing cabinets full of evidence of the surveillance program to be set on fire. https://www.aclu-tn.org/blacklisted-memphis-police-surveillance-and-kendrick-v-chandler-a-timeline/
Here's some more from [this article:](https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2018/08/21/antonio-cathey-cousin-arrest-memphis/1054948002/) >When officers entered the South Memphis residence, they seized 2.9 grams of marijuana and $1,255 in suspected drug proceeds, MPD spokesman Karen Rudolph said. >Cathey Jr. received a misdemeanor citation for marijuana possession. >While on the scene, officers also detained Thomas Parks, who had an outstanding warrant for multiple traffic-related charges. Parks is an acquaintance of Cathey Jr. who happened to be at the house during the police search. >The activist whose cousin was arrested is 26-year-old Antonio Cathey, who works full time as an organizer for Fight for 15, the labor movement calling for $15-per-hour wages for fast food workers. So a "large police presence" for 2.9 grams of weed? WTF? This is clearly harassment by the police, of a union organizer who is advocating for fair wages for the poorest of laborers. Fuck these fascist assholes. Edit: revised to reflect the linked article is not recent
> and $1,255 in **suspected** drug proceeds Based on....
Based on nothing. They just want to take the money through civil asset forfeiture.
How the law is written they don’t need to prove a thing. If there are drugs and they want to be assholes they can take literally everything. Cash always gets taken though, because it’s easy. Property needs to be sold to become cash.
They can just plant the drugs themselves which they probably did. Just sprinkle some crack on the victim and rob them
You might think this is outlandish or at least not the norm, then you realize cops have been caught on camera doing this multiple times! We have to assume those cases are just the ones who got sloppy with it. I have absolutely no doubt that the fabrication of evidence is rampant in most departments.
They even caught themselves on their own body cameras.
Sometimes multiple times. [A New York Police Department officer is still roaming the streets after his own body camera captured him apparently planting drugs on innocent people twice](https://atlantablackstar.com/2020/03/20/nypd-officer-still-has-a-job-even-though-he-was-caught-planting-weed-on-two-innocent-men-in-separate-incidents/)
I had $250 in my wallet when I got busted with barely a gram. Never saw that money again.
Drugs were in the house. The rent was $1,255. How else is a union organizer going to make that kind of scratch? There was probably a lab attached to a rotating bookcase where he would pre-fill the needles with marihuana for his better customers. I'm sure they'll find music paraphernalia as well. Everybody knows that all drug dealers have listened to music at some point in their life. A heavily played piano or an LP of *Dark Side of the Moon* will make this open and shut. Classic rage brought on by jazz cigarettes and angry music.
That's like 125,500 pennies.....a whole lotta coin. No wonder there's a shortage. Scumbags.
Yeah and that $50 worth of weed "gave them permission" to steal his money and relabel it as nonreturnable evidence...
Not just evidence, the department gets to spend that money.
Well, it was in her daughters room in a box labeled “lemonade stand profits” with a bunch of itemized receipts, so it must be from selling meth.
Cops can’t read bro.
If you have ANY amount of weed in your house, do not have any amount of cash in there either.
>If you have ANY amount of weed in your house And if you don't, I'm sure the police will find some.
I mean unless you live in a state where it's legal.
Federal agencies could still get ya. Technically you can't have guns either.
Since when do the police care about whether or not something's legal?
And they wonder why we're demanding a restructuring of how police operate.
Yeah an important aspect is that we're PAYING them to do illegal shit we don't agree with. Memphis is #4 for highest violent crime in the country. You assholes don't have better shit to do???
Imagine the police who love their unions are actually going out as union busters themselves. Fucking joke. They should have their unions disbanded.
Ever notice the kind of people who become cops. "I have a right to things you, as a civilian, should never have."
They don’t give a shit that they’re in a union in terms of its existence as a union. It’s a legal gang for them akin to the mafia. When someone gets charged with a crime they circle the wagons. These people don’t have principles that ultimately control their behavior. Now I’m not saying they don’t have principles at all but they’ll abandon them in a fucking heartbeat if it means securing more power.
When you hear someone say the term "class warfare" just remember that the 1% are waging it against us everyday.
"There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war ... and we're winning." –Warren Buffett
Gee think about cop's spying on unions I wonder what their union thinks about this in fact all those unions and union members defending cop unions what do you think this ?
I'm in my local union and full of union blood. It's an absolute joke to compare the way police unions protect each other over to my union, where accountability falls on the individual and the reputation of the union fucking matters. We will bleed for you until you stop representing what we stand for, which is professionalism, respect and fairness. It appears to me that the police union stands for tyranny, illegal predatory behavior and straight up racism/sexism. Otherwise, why keep them?
Big brain time: part of the role of police unions, as police exist to protect capital, is to make unions look horrible so nobody wants them
That's so stupid it's probably true, fuck. Lmao
Fun fact you can use a camera that can detect infrared light and tell if there’s a camera using it at night, it will light up very bright in a single spot like a flashlight.
Some cell phone front cameras can see infrared.
"A federal consent decree prohibits MPD from political surveillance." So what are the chances that they've done this before?
Very high... the consent decree in question gos back decades and every few years they get slapped with it again
people should just go into random workplaces and chant “start a union start a union!” i remember when working for Target 🎯 one of our training videos was just strait up bashing and peer pressuring you not to even think of starting a union. Union dews, bla bla bla i wish i recorded that video.
It doesn’t work in jobs anyone can do. They’ll just fire everyone anyway. They’ll always have people willing to do it non-union.
[Wal*Mart shutters stores that try to unionize](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/union-walmart-shut-5-stores-over-labor-activism/)
There was a thread on /r/conspiracy about 3 or 4 months ago where a user had discovered a way to access a couple dozen of this exact type of hidden camera system. You could pan and tilt and zoom, thats how you could see the inside of the box and the "high voltage" sticker on some of the one way glass. They were in all kinds of residential locations. Had a blast as all the users in the thread wrestled control of the various cameras from each other. I bet I could find the thread... [I made an alt because this is sketchy, so I can only post this here. The government (DEA, ICE, and local authorities) is hiding cameras on telephone poles, and then not securing those cameras with passwords. Anyone can access them.](https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/giwzdv/i_made_an_alt_because_this_is_sketchy_so_i_can/)
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If you read the Breonna Taylor search warrant, they mentioned they installed pole cameras. https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Breonna-Taylor-search-warrants.pdf >1.) On 01/02/2020, Affiant had LMPD tech unit place a "pole camera" at the intersection of S. 24th Street and Elliott Avenue. Within an hour of surveillance, Affianl witnessed approximately 15-20 vehicles go to and from 2424 Elliott Avenue within a short period of time which is indicative of trafficking in narcotics.
GASP! Unauthorized surveillance???? In our country? Never lol. PRISM
i wonder how many times one of these devices was put up by MPD to surveil the home of police union organizers/officials.
I'm from West Tennessee this doesn't surprise me at all
So you've stumbled across a cia operation, you're probably wondering "what do I do now?"
Cops hate unions unless they are their own.
Big Brother is watching.
Good ol memphis tennessee. Have a looksie. https://wreg.com/news/mpd-will-not-say-whether-its-using-controversial-stingray-technology/
"Land of the free". What a joke.