Standardized NEMA sockets let municipalities add cameras and air sensors to existing poles with no public vote or new hardware

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    10 days ago

    If there was a hidden, little-discussed USB port at the top of every streetlight, that might be a cause for concern, yes

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      10 days ago

      99% of just about everything is hidden and little-discussed by this metric. That doesn’t make it concerning, it just makes it information you don’t know yet.

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        It’s concerning for many of the reasons that Flock cameras are concerning. If you don’t understand this, I don’t know how you ended up on this community