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Hmm if it’s a smartphone, their location can still be tracked even if they’re not recording videos for social media. I’ve never attended a protest, but one of my younger siblings has. I agree with the author here: don’t take a smartphone with you. If you need to go to a protest, and it’s a charged topic (i.e. people have been fired or detained for it), take a dumb phone and make calls once you’re considerably away from the protest’s meeting site. Or, buy a burner phone for use only at the meeting site. If video footage is that big of a deal, take an old-fashioned video camera to record.

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Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What is this “vid-eo chimera” you speak of? Some ancient technology from the Mayans? /j

But seriously, unless there’s some reason to stream live, old tricks are sometimes still the best tricks.

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- NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  But seriously, unless there’s some reason to stream live, old tricks are sometimes still the best tricks.
  
  Cops who know they are being recorded MIGHT behave slightly better. It is why they are so hellbent on never wearing bodycams ever again.
  
  An SD card on the person of someone being thrown in the back of a van to have an “accident” on the way to booking? Not so useful.
  
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- gnome@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  What is this “vid-eo chimera” you speak of? Some ancient technology from the Mayans? /j
  
  I’ve aged myself, haven’t I? lol
  
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  - Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Maybe. I’ve had the same thought, to the point of bringing a cheap point and click camera or even a disposable one, so you’re not alone!
    
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  - sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    At least you didn’t call it a camcorder.
    
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