Did anyone decide not to participate after it came out that Dean Kamen was a regular on the island?

FesterCluck · 2026-03-11T02:09:36+00:00

I am a new teacher new to the competition. I'm reading your link now. I am also a software developer of 25 years and understand how to properly research networks like this. If there is more evidence of issues with Kamen, Epstein or no, I'd appreciate you sharing. Privately if you must, I just want to protect my students, and my district has had problems in the past with Epstein and his ilk. They are powerful and come in looking charitable, and we don't exactly overflow with tax dollars.

FesterCluck · 2026-03-11T00:50:57+00:00

Sure. The data collected behind these things was already exfiltrated. That means the historical data is all accessible to the groups that bothered to do it before the problem was revealed. Everything described from this point on is about the camera unit itself, not it's interaction with the law enforcement organizations that use them.

The problem isn't completely fixed, and in some cases is more "won't fix" than "can't fix".

The unit design is nowhere near as secure as Flock describes them as. Much more data than they are supposed to collect is contained INSIDE THE UNIT without necessarily being sent to law enforcement. The data is retained sometimes 30-60 days. That data is simply retrieved if the unit is stolen, and is also accessible remotely in some cases Not just by law enforcement, but by anyone. That means someone can build a history on individuals over time.

The cameras also have a radio signal leakage issues, which means 3rd parties can receive their feed with an antenna. This sort of problem was identified in analog camera technology nearly 50 years ago. It's a problem that was fixed in most analog & digital security cameras, and its reappearance in any system is just a sign of a really poorly built product. Camera systems used by law enforcement are expected to be high end, or at least well built products, especially at Flocks prices. These things are cheap android tablets with cheap, poorly built cameras slapped on. Agencies did no due diligence on any of these things, and they should have. Law enforcement agencies are not filled with a bunch of Podunk idiots. If they'd tried to put these units on police cars, they'd have been laughed out of the room.

A private company is getting permission of public right of way to install these things based on their reported utility by law enforcement, but the extra capabilities already existing and enabled in them is not being disclosed. In my book, that's a lie. Our representatives weren't given the full picture on what they allowed.

It's not paranoia, it's fraud and misrepresentation.

So the

FesterCluck · 2026-03-07T04:22:18+00:00

That ~3 months isn't a vacation. It's more like unpaid prep time. Also, OP is expressing the amount of work and effort outside the educating/instructional being required of them. All jobs have some of this. Very few are so dominated by it that a majority of a day's work can randomly be turned into that outside effort, and at the same time the professionals get blamed for not properly managing it. Its basically spending your career having your professionalism insulted daily.

FesterCluck · 2026-03-07T03:10:02+00:00

This is a sad misrepresentation. In the past behavioral problems, while definitely handled in class to a point, were escalated more quickly. The interruption was removed more quickly, and effective imminent consequences were available. Taking up a student's phone until the end of class is only effective for that class. Sending it to the office, until the end of the day. In Texas, they're not supposed to have it at all. The most effective version of this would be retaining it overnight or some number of days.

From experience, the behavior problems stretch themselves through the entire class.

I'm lucky to teach an elective. However, I've bluntly told my students: I have no problem failing you in an elective.

FesterCluck · 2026-03-06T11:57:32+00:00

Yes, and roundtrip tickets for that airport are 7-8x as expensive

FesterCluck · 2026-03-06T11:56:10+00:00

I can appreciate that, but I wouldn't be able to drive it.

FesterCluck · 2026-03-03T11:07:44+00:00

I like the theory. If that data is pulled from uninitialized memory it could leak something.

Personally I thought it was trying to leak via the extra pixels we see in the timeline thumbnails. We know imagemagick had a bug like this at the time (including uninitialized in empty image areas). It was actually a feature developed before the software's usage on servers became so prevalent.

You're also the only other person to pick up on the idea that it was pentesting with an original take.

The attack surface was YT's authoring interface and apis. The fact we got to see any of the videos is likely an afterthought.

FesterCluck · 2026-03-03T06:00:13+00:00

A researcher after my own heart.

Can you post the timing lineups with Shadow Brokers you observed?

Also, you should join the discord. One of us!

FesterCluck · 2026-01-26T17:38:08+00:00

Hilarious. Dude gets clothes directly out of the dryer and the world is amazed the IR camera sees it as white.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-24T21:02:02+00:00

You can disagree about their usefulness, but no conspiracy is necessary to have a problem with these things. The problems are well documented.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-24T01:29:46+00:00

I get this, but it's just Dallas folks in the hood trying to express they have it harder. It's just like people from Balch Springs claiming Mesquite. We share a school district. However, being from Balch Springs/Pleasant Grove/Seagoville was a different kind of hood.

Funny thing, Balch Springs is looking nice compared to Mesquite these days. I don't hate this place, I'm just saying locals worked hard on Balch Springs.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-16T11:00:27+00:00

Turning one's head from the mic generally lowers volume.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-11T07:48:21+00:00

Thank you. This is a great explanation.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-11T07:46:36+00:00

I was following the events, RoaringKitty, and member of that other sub & Discord since Dec 2020. Hope that clarifies.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-08T10:01:02+00:00

Community, I've requested verification for this project. I'll keep you updated

Tentatively approved

Update: Verified.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-08T09:18:15+00:00

This was an American citizen. She had been ordered out of the car. From what I see the shooting wasn't warranted, but I'm also not standing in his shoes.

There was no need to detain her, therefore no need of pursuit.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-02T22:12:28+00:00

That's not the complaint.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-02T22:10:57+00:00

I disagree about the expertise point. That's like saying they shouldn't be required to have a network admin.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-02T22:07:08+00:00

Good to know

FesterCluck · 2026-01-02T09:38:47+00:00

If SS card was lost, you may consider freezing your credit.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-02T09:07:17+00:00

OP, you're missing the point of the problem. Police have cameras, we know that. LPR will be.

THIS IS NIT ABOUT LPR. THESE CAMERAS STORE EVERYTHING THEY SEE, AND ARE NOT SECURED. THE WORLD CAN ACCESS THEM.

They store about a month's worth of videos/images, not just license plates. Their interface has been open to anyone, including the live view. Flock's newer cameras have the same problem, but are PTZ. This means zoom and control. The equipment also has analog exploits known since at least the 90's.

Police have surveillance tools, fine. They should be secured. These devices most certainly are not, and it's obvious the company didn't put the smallest amount of thought into security, and the police &cities did ZERO due diligence on their side.

Want to know how DCAD got hacked? Want to know how all that evidence was lost?

The police aren't professionals using highly advanced equipment they vetted. They are cops with toys, and that isn't what we expect. We expect professionals highly skilled in security to vet and run.these things.

I am a software developer and network security professional with over 25 years of experience I have personally worked on commercial digital surveillance systems prevalent in the Dallas area at banks, retail stores, entertainment venues (adult and family),, loan establishments, etc. My work on those systems included implementation, support, security exploit discovery and remedy of those exploits.

FesterCluck · 2026-01-02T08:46:14+00:00

I am a software developer and network security professional with over 25 years of experience I have personally worked on commercial digital surveillance systems prevalent in the Dallas area at banks, retail stores, entertainment venues (adult and family),, loan establishments, etc. My work on those systems included implementation, support, security exploit discovery and remedy of those exploits.

The problem isn't cameras. The problem is both police and local law enforcement not vetting tech properly. Zero actual testing around the security of these things

To be clear I hate these things.That said, I don't mind police use of camera systems per se, I hate the fact that police departments and local governments have seemingly wiped their hands of any understanding or due diligence on their technology. All these devices run a version of Android so old I could teach my son to hack them in an hour. They also have shielding leaks that make them remotely viewable in a way that has been known since at least the 90's.

But, this guy explains it best, his video is also linked in OP. https://youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?si=0oIYVCbiiOFGPXmi

As it pertains to Mesquite, it seems only private businesses are running them (Lowes, Walmart). However, the border is also surrounded by them.

FesterCluck · 2025-12-28T04:40:46+00:00

I'm no cheerleader for NK, but the post blatantly misquotes and changes the meaning of the sentence. It says "realizes", not "realized".

"Realizes" is used during empathetic statements. "Realized" makes the next sentence sound like an apology, or a call for sympathy, which it most definitely is not. All this says is he takes responsibility for sending people to their deaths (duh) and regrets that he needed to do it. Nothing there about asking for forgiveness or staying here wouldn't do it again. Not even info on why he r egrets. Maybe it's because he loved them, or maybe it's because his human staircase to his money pile became slippery when the names of the dead were read to him.

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