So much for keeping your eyes peeled

from here (image source)

This guy seems better at catching Z's than catching perps. Security guards shouldn't let their guard down so easily.

TSA Agents, What's The Funniest Thing You've Found In Someones Luggage?

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I guess this is just a text-to-speech engine reading out Reddit posts, but there are still some interesting stories in there.

Clever girl

from here and here (image source)

Living off the land and using natural materials to help conceal yourself can work well, but only if you don't lose sight of the fact that other things might be drawn to what you're using.

Secret compartment hair

found on Reddit

Sadly, without any hair of my own (at least not on my head) this is no longer an option for me, but I'm sure there are plenty of people who already had dreads that could do this. It doesn't even have to be for a "stash", you could put some kind of data storage media in there quite easily.

Methinks he doth protest too much

from here

I don't entirely buy the claim that Hacking Team is dead. It would be great if it were true, but it seems to me that they're trying a little too hard to make the world believe it. If it's really dead, why bother announcing the fact? Why would it matter what anyone thought at that point?

Keeping an eye on the building

found on Reddit

It's often not enough to simply have a surveillance camera. You need to have someone watching the footage too, or you won't know when something like this happens.

You forgot them laws like you've amnesia

from here and here

Since TikTok is basically a Chinese company, maybe they don't really care about privacy. Maybe the lip service they pay to privacy is nothing more than that. Maybe they have no intention of complying with the laws they're breaking.

Bracelet Flask

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I think this is a pretty cool idea for hiding a private stash of booze, but part of me can't help but wonder - how many can you wear before it stops being discreet?

If you need another reason to wear a mask...

from here and here

Now you might be thinking that what's going on in the UK is just a temporary thing, and to the extent that the pandemic is hopefully only going to be temporary that might be true, but the idea of developing face recognition technology that works without seeing most of your face? Pull my other leg.

Ad blocker, block thyself

found on Reddit

Sometimes the people who were supposed to protect us seem to go over to the dark side.