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This one goes out to all the small government, privacy loving, Republicans out there, supposedly hating invasive big brother tactics and representing the values of the American heartland.

Would be much appreciated if you could have a word with your people about this.

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[–] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

Follow Hong Kong tactics and use umbrellas to shield from above.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What's wrong is that officers of the law are allowed to lie like that, yet still want to be respected.

Yeah, it's frustrating. We need to end Qualified Immunity pronto.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

In lying's defense, they shouldn't be respected when they say that regardless of its truthiness

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 180 points 4 days ago (14 children)

This first thing you should do when going protesting, is to leave your phone at home.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

and cover your face if you are in a shithole country like USA, Turkey, Russia etc

[–] JunglisticFunkateer@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

USA ... the world's richest third world country.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 88 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And cover up your face and any visible tattoos or any other identifying features

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Put a rock in your shoe too. Gait identification can be shockingly accurate.

[–] jellygoose@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Dune sand walking

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 37 points 4 days ago (18 children)

Having a small faraday bag around is useful too, that's what I do.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I wouldn't trust a foil bag to do anything 100%.

the only 100% way to not be caught is not bring it.

it also provides an alibi. "see, my phone was here all day long."

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you think you need a phone, it should be a burner.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

That burner cant ever have connected to a cell tower when its near your house, otherwise its not longer a "burner"

Edit: Also: Beware of the possibility of there being malware that logs gyroscope and accelerometer data. Those info can be used to figure out your location, then transmitted whenever it has a chance.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Gyro/accelerometer data isn't accurate enough to do that. Small errors in the data add up and will quickly drift away from the actual location. You can use it for video game controllers, but not tracking over large distances. Edit: there's a reason the best VR tracking often uses external methods, not controllers alone.

But most phones have GPS and that's where the real problem is.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 13 points 3 days ago (4 children)
[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They'd come kill you for that.

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[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 22 points 3 days ago

America land of the free /s

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

A helicopter said all this?

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[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

LOL

From the country meant to represent freedom. No more!

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (4 children)
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[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 98 points 4 days ago

Pigs are bottom feeding class traitors

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 66 points 4 days ago (12 children)

sounds like a good reason to target any helicopters flying overhead with green lasers.

[–] bendovertherainbow@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago

Someone I know is a military pilot. The green lasers were especially rough, because the light would get spread through the entire cockpit getting split up by the windshield, and even worse when he was flying with nightvision.

..... do with this information what you will.

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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Green lasers. Everybody should have one.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Check comment above. This is a terrible idea. You'll go from 2 stars to 5.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Checking out women sunbathing in backyards or other places.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 75 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Shouting from a helicopter "Please disperse because we'll come to your house and murder your families if you don't" sounds like an actionable threat. And helicopters are difficult to fly on a good day. Would be a shame if someone up there had an accident.

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago
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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 45 points 4 days ago (11 children)

Talking a whole lot of shit for someone riding around in a machine that will find literally any excuse to break down. Helicopters are sketchy as fuck, and even if you manage to autorotate perfectly to try and recover from a stall, you're still liable to suffer severe or fatal injuries. It's super easy to crash due to human error or some kind of mechanical failure.

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[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Threatened? So they didn't ID them.

[–] KAYDUBELL@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Then fucking come over assholes

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