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[–] Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago

You can buy body cameras that you can hide in a button front shirt, or on the collar of a t shirt

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Simply get a remote camera. You can place it in the back of your back pack. Then just pretend to be looking the other way. You don't have to look at the video as it is happening.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you have an iPhone and an Apple Watch, you can activate the camera remotely. I used it to take this picture of a quail. I set up my phone and put tomatoes out. Worked perfectly.

You can also see what’s on screen but you’d just look like you’re checking the time.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 19 hours ago

Look at the AKASO EK7000. Its tiny and WiFi activated with remote control included. Supposedly it has image stabilization and 20MP resolution and can record 2hrs of video per charge. All for just $52 bucks. So there are way better options that don't break the bank or risk your favorite phone full of your personal identifiable information. That way you can get your quail videos without personal risk.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh wow this is the most genius method yet.

No eye-contact mean a very low chance of confrontation.

I'm gonna see what I can find for this

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

don't forget to get some XR glasses so you're sure to get all the action in-frame.

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and a hoodie to cover all the wires.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With a small action cam Velcroed. It could be in a soda can too...just place the soda can strategically and walk away. Pick it up later.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Those 360 cams would be decent for this because they don’t need aiming and you can zoom in on the interesting action after the fact.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

being around police officers of any kind isn't safe but you can film them as much as you want

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They asked for "masked armed men" not police officers.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The law only gets you compensation after the abuse and destruction ends. If anything.

[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

to add to this, 'you can beat the charges but you can't beat the ride' is a saying coined by our american police, their extrajudicial punishments include rough rides among other cruelty

your rights aren't a shield.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

You get shot. See also: several journalists.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I would have a shirt with a hole cut in the breast pocket. Then point a phone camera out while it records.

A few details: you’ll want a busy pattern on the shirt to make the hole less noticeable. You’ll also want an app that can record without easily being stopped (the default camera on my phone can be interfered with just by moving around inside a pocket).

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 days ago

With hidden cameras.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pretend to be on the phone

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

holds the phone in front of me

WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU, SPEAK UP. HELLO? YES I HAVE TO HOLD MY PHONE LIKE THIS, I'M ALLERGIC TO TECHNOLOGY. JUST GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY ROUTINE, DO NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THE HAT.

[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

This is often the simplest. I've done it a few times. It helps to practice to know where you're pointing the phone when it's up to your ear. If it's noisy you can plug your other ear with your hand and tilt your head so the video isn't tilted if that matters to you

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Get fake glasses with a camera or a pinhole camera on a button.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I need real glasses to see. Are there any that can also put real lenses in there?

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Assuming the lenses can be removed and replaced, opticians should be able to cut prescription lenses to fit.

When my wife had her practice, we had a machine that could cut patterns using the frame. Then the pattern is used to cut the lenses. I'm sure it's even easier today.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

You can get hidden cameras in pretty much anything. There's stuff line pens with a camera built in.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] archonet@lemy.lol 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That sounds like a fine way to have your (presumably expensive) drone carrying your (presumably also expensive) camera hit with buckshot.

I'm not saying don't try anyways. But there's a good chance the gestapo just starts blastin'.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you have watched anything from Ukraine, you will know that that isn't the easiest thing in the world.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm not saying you're wrong, but: has anyone in Ukraine actually tried a shotgun?

I generally try to avoid watching anything that'll scar my psyche, but, as far as I'm aware soldiers in the field don't usually carry shotguns, but rifles, in the anticipation of dealing with enemies wearing body armor/at some distance. And hitting a moving drone with a rifle, yes absolutely that'd be a bitch -- one projectile is not enough, especially for an erratic moving target.

Police (and I'm assuming ICE as well), generally dealing with people not equipped with body armor, tend to keep shotguns handy for a multitude of reasons (breaching doors, not overpenetrating through walls, etc), and skeet shooting is already a thing (though admittedly it would still be harder if the drone was moving erratically).

All this is to say: I don't know anything for a fact, because I've tried to avoid watching anything that'll scar me, but has anyone in Ukraine on either side had access to a shotgun or two before getting turned into gibs? because I can absolutely believe that soldiers with rifles would fail to shoot a drone, but I wouldn't be so quick to discount a couple people with shotguns unless that's already a solution the Russians tried before the cope cages. Especially in the context of just filming them, your drone probably isn't moving very fast or flying very high if you're trying to get a good shot.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They have tried shotguns, nets, other drones, rocks, food cans, their guns when they run out of ammo, swinging their guns like a bat and many other things.

The drones are often used to attack inside established dugouts and such. They fly into the front door. So the defenders often do have shotguns and specifically for that purpose.

Drones are hard to hit, though.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

fair enough, goes to show the gaps in my knowledge -- but after seeing one guy desperately trying to crawl away with his legs blown off before being blown up by a second drone, I decided that was all the Ukraine footage I needed to see.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I also try not to watch it much. But every video I have seen, has a novel approach to drone warfare. Every single one. Truly fucked up and wild times.

DJI Care Refresh has joined the chat (still expensive tho)

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

FYI Dji has removed the geofences on their products. You may need to do a firmware update.

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have a bigger gun with you.

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bring more homies, and more guns. What could go wrong?

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

GTA: SA has taught you well

Grove Street is for life homie, are you down?

[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 5 points 1 day ago

Bring a bigger group.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 2 points 1 day ago

Punt Gun vs 23 kidnappers 4K 200,000FPS slomo.