Smart streetlights hide hockey-puck NEMA nodes that can add cameras, air sensors, and 5G gear with no public vote or new hardware.

Cross posted from https://piefed.social/c/privacy@lemmy.world/p/2212799/you-know-about-flock-cameras-meet-nema-nodes-they-turn-streetlights-into-a-surveillance

Standardized NEMA sockets let municipalities add cameras and air sensors to existing poles with no public vote or new hardware

    • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      22 days ago

      It seems to me more that they are stating the way the regulations are written, if they install the outlets now, they don’t have to get anyone’s permission to install the surveillance later. Which is wild if true.