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
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.
you obviously don’t understand the basics of this topic
the outlets aren’t be replaced, it’s what is plugged into them.