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Semper Fi - 1775 |
Working from home today I noticed a pickup truck park in front of my house. He kept looking at my house and typing something into an ipad of some type. I walked outside and watched him from the garage. Eventually he got out and began messing with my Waste Management recycling bin....which was at the end of the driveway. "what ya doing?" I asked. "Putting a sticker on the can" he responded. "why?" "No clue! Just told I was supposed to." As soon as he left I went down and inspected the can and found what I could only describe as a 'resistor' glued under the lip. I checked a few of my neighbor's cans and found the same device. I'm assuming this is someway to track pickups are happening without slowing the driver down to have to enter it somehow? I didn't have time to fuck with it, but as soon as I get home tonight that fucker is coming out and into the garbage. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | ||
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Mensch |
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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That's what I'd think too. Not sure "the man" is going to gain much insight into your life that can't be known by the fact that he is pulling up to your house, knows your name, etc. | |||
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| Honky Lips |
before you do that give us a picture I'm sure we can identify it. OR just call WM and ask about it, after all it is their can. | |||
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I would guess that there is a receiver in the garbage truck that reads this device. If the scan shows you have not paid your bill, no trash pick up. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Better idea: get some two-sided mounting tape and use it to stick the device under the bumper or inside the fender of a randomly selected vehicle in the parking lot at work, or better yet, a Walmart parking lot. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Mensch |
Stick it on a WM vehicle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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thin skin can't win |
You guys are sometimes just a taddddddd over the top. Are we worried The Man's tracking the number of beer cans in can or something? This is as whacky as worrying about someone knowing what appliances I might be running. Best case scenario is it keeps the driver's honest and on time. What's not like about that? Worst case is Yooper's and your recycled shit sits there forever under the false impression you're a deadbeat.
Hell, it may be a social experiment to see how many folks would actually remove it out of fear of trackeration or just on general get off my lawn principle! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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| Needs a check up from the neck up  |
So he destroys it and WM then says we can't verify your paid so we don't pick up your trash. How long until someone comes to replace it? Guy's sitting on 8 months of bud light cans until Jethro shows up and puts the wrong address into the system again. Uhh why don't you just call WM and get the low down first before you destroy what is likely their property and pay a replacement fee. __________________________ The entire reason for the Second Amendment is not for hunting, it’s not for target shooting … it’s there so that you and I can protect our homes and our children and and our families and our lives. And it’s also there as fundamental check on government tyranny. Sen Ted Cruz | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
If the garbage can belongs to WM, I wouldn't do anything to that device. It might be a way to find a can that has been "relocated" from where it belongs (without authorization). You might go ahead and check with WM about it, though. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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It's probably a RFID device. Truck has a searcher, knows it needs to pick up your trash, there it is, good, and we did our job. Probably some WM metric management where drivers have to pick up so many per shift. ------- Trying to simplify my life... | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Be careful tampering with electronics, they may have built in defense systems.... What are you doing Dave... This is highly irregular.... Mostl Likely it's a part of a smart bin system to help reduce costs on routing, I doubt they are analyzing your recycle contents, Then again, (tin foil hat on) if you don't recycle, then your city/county might put a non recycle fee on your bill if they see you don't deploy the container each week.. A trash tax... https://www.smartbin.com/ | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
We have that here. ______________________________________________ Endeavoring to master the art of the grapefruit spoon. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
When I was deployed to the oilspill, BP installed RFI stickers on each piece of gear they bought...it was used for inventory. I think your "thingy" is one of two things: inventory control or RFID to ensure the truck is doing it's job... xxxxxxxxxxxxx I wouldn't worry about it...my big green rolly waste can belongs to the city...so I'm not gonna mess with it. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
I wish we had that here. I've had my big trash can swapped for someone else's small can twice. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Why? To what nefarious purpose does your fevered imagination ascribe this device? "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Once the garbage is at the curb it may be searched. They probably informed you in tiny print on your bill that a new monitoring program will be implemented. | |||
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Certainly you have better or more important things to worry about than your trash can inventory. P229 | |||
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| Semper Fi - 1775 |
LOL  There has been a recent push in my town to better enforce recycling compliance as folks are being accused of dumping their recycling into the garbage. Somehow being electrionicly monitored by the city pisses me off. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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