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Another talking surveillance camera near Fenchurch St.

Hacksaw Aloysius | 04.05.2006 08:36 | Repression | Technology | London

New lamp post cameras that shout at you while they take your picture: I feel safer already.




Cops tested a bunch of these talking Flashcams a year ago in a few cities, then it went a bit quiet.
Article from March 05 in The Register:
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/30/shouting_lampposts/

This week they're reporting a new one near Fenchurch St. station:
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/03/camera_shout_pole/

Hacksaw Aloysius

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Yet Another One

04.05.2006 09:16

Another of these has been quietly installed at the Aldgate High Street end of Minories. Thanks for letting us know what they are.

Keith Farnish
- Homepage: http://www.theearthblog.org


Pest control

04.05.2006 10:59

Forget using an angle grinder or a powered metal saw on the poles, it's too dangerous especially for a mains powered device like this.

The cameras, however, are another story entirely.

Here are some helpful diagrams, for the ambitious:
 http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso2.htm
 http://www.cabalamat.org/weblog/art_217.html

But remember, these cameras cost a pile of money, and burning or painting them is both illegal and a waste of public funds. Thank you.

Mrs. Fitzperfectly


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