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You Know About Flock Cameras, Meet Nema Nodes: They Turn Streetlights Into A Surveillance Network

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You Know About Flock Cameras, Meet Nema Nodes: They Turn Streetlights Into A Surveillance Network

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TechnologyEnglish · 6 days ago

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

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Unfortunately due to the inverse square law, they don’t have a very long range.

Possibly for the better. Last thing you need is people accidentally hitting a plane with one of them.

People already do it with lasers. Something that destroys the electronics would be even worse.

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