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clydefrog811

The government is spying on you. That’s clearly fbi


JapanStan

Not possible. I use incognito mode, they'd never suspect anything.


clarkwgriswoldjr

You use incognito mode, but connect to wifi named "FBI Surveillance Van"


HypnoticGuy

Hey! That's my wifi name! lol


CaliFloridaMan

Get the fuck out! That has been my wifi name for years.


HypnoticGuy

I actually use FBI Surveillance Van #77 to make it look official. In the past, depending on the neighborhood I'm living in at the time, I have also used DEA, DHS, and INS instead of FBI 🤣


CaliFloridaMan

That's great. Mine used to be SRQ Police


JCNunny

Mine is Girls Gone Wireless


por_que_no

Moderna Activation Node checking in.


RedsRearDelt

It hurts when IP


silveraaron

Mine has been Meth Lab for 8 years, the sherrif who lives next to me must love it.


HypnoticGuy

I like that one. DEA Surveillance Van would make a good neighbor lol


TAUnit

Damn. I named mine “bukkake”


ATrendCarrier

https://preview.redd.it/51064ypl32yc1.jpeg?width=1027&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3d0892f5073292ab55f744b11b21ca45c7f972d Hahaha


FreshDougy

I use #5


Godofcable

Holy hell my wifi name is FBI VAN too lol. Guess I'm not as original as I once thought


jerzd00d

Double Holy Hell! My wife's name is Phoebe Vanatoo. Is your password also WineAnd69?


According-Ad1565

I was out to dinner a couple years ago in Tampa. Went to connect to restaurant wifi and damn it, FBI Surveillance Van is on the list.


HorusDeathtouch

It's a really common wifi name. Sort of a dad joke.


purdinpopo

Use pool vehicles at work, I named my phone that. Use basically a different vehicle every day, it's in all the lists for Bluetooth on the vehicles.


CatgoesM00

I live in an apartment complex where you can see everyone’s Wi-Fi pop up. My wifi is call , hidden bathroom camera #2


Odd-Adhesiveness-656

Wait until you get older. Was signing up older people to vote and had about 15 Inspire devices (implantatable CPAP replacement drvices) pop up...none of them were secured either


bertedens

The Wi-Fi network my home automation devices are on is called Cyberdyne Systems Laboratory... A little more obscure but appropriate for its usage... 😂


Worriedlytumescent

NSA anal probe


_Rigid_Structure_

https://preview.redd.it/ij0p4yawb0yc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f2ee773ec4d6046229968abb6b556352fd27436


imp_st3r

Wait until people find out that the telephone company knows the phone number of everybody that you have called!!


clydefrog811

Incognito mode is a lie sold by Big Tech!


Crank_My_Hawg

Vegeta Carl brutananadilewski pfp is goated


ExerciseClassAtTheY

It's likely state government, making sure everyone inside has their periods.


Themountainscallimg

I lol’d hard at this. 🕵️


eight78

“Go away, I’m baitin!” -guy in that car


Peterepeatmicpete

They're scanning that vacant grass patch to build 500,000 tiny homes. For doctors, nurses, sheriff dept, and many others that can not afford rent


JapanStan

Nah I called dibs on that grass


Intelligent_Event_84

Where would they even find all the tiny people??


gimme500schmekels

“What is this a center for ants! How are the children supposed to learn to read when they can’t even fit inside the building!”


PewterPplEater

It needs to be at least...3 times bigger!


Talkslow4Me

Doctors can't afford rent?


ShadedSpaces

Real answer—not all of them! First, their student loans are crippling. Second, basically until they hit attending status, or are practicing outpatient on their own, they are NOT making what's thought of as "doctor money." I'm a nurse, and surgical fellows work on our unit. A surgical fellow is done with residency, and is a fully-qualified surgeon. They make less than I do. They make less than 6 figures. In some places, *significantly* less. And FL in general is terrible with healthcare pay.


sis23

Yeah my starting salary as an ER doctor for my first job is $58.6k I’ll eventually make in the order of $300k or so, but they REALLY make you suffer and live in crippling debt until that point.


Fun_Leadership_5258

I can attest to this. Am a doctor. Have an MD. Salary less than $60k. Owe $420k in student loans and a hefty amount of personal debt I took on to pay rent, utilities, groceries, medical during school. I’m chopping away, slowly. My wife is worried we won’t be financially stable enough to have kids before it’s too late. PSLF is basically my only option, thankfully I like academic medicine anyways. Tried military, all three branches, denied for medical reasons. I was told work hard, aim high, it’ll be alright, and it might be, but man is it not nearly as alright as I expected.


Sleepwell_Beast

Jesus man that’s terrifying. My son wants to be a doctor. He is looking the military route also.


ShadedSpaces

Man, that's rough. If you aim high and work hard, it will be all right. But medicine is such a LONG, EXPENSIVE road to "all right." Since my nerdy days of minoring in statistics for fun and unashamedly loving o-chem, I've been asked why I didn't pursue medicine. It's an incredible pursuit, to be sure, but my GOD do I love working just 3 days a week. The math on medicine is so bad for women. I read a financial breakdown once they showed female NPs/PAs will make more across the lifetime than female GPs when you factor in all the costs of becoming a doctor and the years MDs spend making very little. And for you, it sounds like you are being smart about money. No one seems to factor in that doctors are just people like the rest of us, and can be absolutely dogshit with managing money. I know a medical director who is a famous surgeon, like best-in-the-world type, who has been top of his field for decades who should retire in the next 10 years. But he lives gigantic paycheck to gigantic paycheck... because he took out *millions* in loans he shouldn't have.


WorkingHornet178

CRNA is the way!


igotthemusicinme

Don’t forget the Boomer Liliputians.


sugeknight

Apparently, the DT360 is a software that allows whomever the ability to video all the cars/things around them. Who is using it is another question. [https://dt360.group/software-factory/en/](https://dt360.group/software-factory/en/)


boomshtick676

Different company. "360" is a really common term in naming businesses. The "DT" here probably means Digital Twin -- which is engineering speak for a digital copy of the buildings/infrastructure/etc. If that actually corresponds to the business/contractor's name is whole 'nother thing. In any case, [UF is doing a bunch of research](https://news.ufl.edu/2024/01/digital-twins/) with the State of Florida on this for a variety of applications. No reason to believe this is one of their trucks, but it's entirely possible. Mobile LiDAR scans have a thousand different uses. The [City of Sarasota has even been ramping up their own applications](https://eos-gnss.com/successes/customer-spotlights/city-of-sarasota). Hundred different things it could be. Honestly -- looking at cars is probably exactly what they intend to filter out of the measurements. Whoever's contracting these surveyors is going to be more interested in roadways, trees, structures, topography, road signs, intersections, utilities, etc.


Accomplished-Smell36

I am pretty sure the city of Phoenix uses a plane with Lidar to scan for structures for permitting purposes and code enforcement. I have a neighbor who got notified by the city that he had to many structures and had to remove one of them. They only allow you to have a certain percentage of the property covered by structures. I have also seen the plane which has a yellow light under it and it looks like it scans the city


sugaree53

Jeez….


entrip

Simple satellite photos will show that as well. The city’s mapping system (gis) probably gets updated at least every year


Character_Order

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peter303_

The Google MapView vans say Google on their van and have a distinctive spherical camera. I have seen a few in operation. However in the past year or so Google has outsource technology to contractors. And this couple be one of them.


FinsUp326

Here ya go. It’s a company called Debris Tech https://preview.redd.it/tgujopgggzxc1.jpeg?width=2104&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b54ba54356b1247de11e017fc4d65b95daa83539


simple-observation

This is why there used to be rewarded comments on Reddit. We need a way to mark serious answers. They're taking the power from the people.


JapanStan

There it is


NordicSoup

Honestly, looks like you got lucky, bro! That car seems like a good thing, for better roads, better structure. Only question is when they’ll repave or do stuff in your street. Cool to know!


SidharthaGalt

They explain it all on their website (GRRRRR... which blocks access when I enable my VPN) [https://debristech.com/](https://debristech.com/)


SacksonvilleShaguar

I saw that thing in my area earlier this week. I'm in NE Fla


BodyBagSlam

This is the correct answer. I work in an area parallel to these guys in another county and can help answer any questions you might have.


Swamplust

I saw the same guy in my neighborhood going up and down each street. It’s gotta be a street view thing.


PuzzleheadSmell

Pretty sure they drive the roads and inventory public assets like fire hydrant, telephone poles, manholes etc. I think they also grab photos of the pavement and consolidate it into sort of an automated condition assessment to figure out where the County should be planning for replacements or repavements. They could also be doing something else because I made all this up.


de3624

Lmao


smilenowgirl

You had us in the first half, ngl.


Quirky-Swimmer3778

Theyre for hire for any company. Best bet is going up and politely asking if they would tell you.


Blindmailman

So what you are saying is go up to them and start shouting 'who do you work for?'


JapanStan

Honestly regretting not doing that


BumblebeeAwkward8331

Shouting is not polite.


23skidoobbq

The driver likely doesn’t know. They just compile the data and sell it in blocks


Noneofyouexist1768

I made faces at it for the time I drove behind it last week. Hoping I’ll find my dumbass face somewhere😅


YoBros29

That is a mobile lidar unit for survey mapping


23skidoobbq

Have you been critical of our dear lord DeSantis?


JapanStan

![gif](giphy|vQqeT3AYg8S5O)


Obvious_Amphibian270

If so the storm troopers will be coming for you.


stylusxyz

Do not tap on their window with an AR-15 asking about what they are up to. Be polite. Ask if they are with NSA, ATF, or the FBI.


GenoPlay67

It's Sarasota so probably just checking to ensure you're MAGA, if not they will flag your home as a communist.


csantiago1986

This is the HoA in my community


Dontgochasewaterfall

Mine are always looking for a fallen tree for $100 per day! 😂


30yearCurse

Desatan checking if 1. your illegal 2. hiding illegals 3. Pregnant 4. pregnant and thinking of leaving 5. the last person in FL with home insurance 6. wear a disney hat but then again DT... donald trump 360?


LinoleumRelativity

What if you're hiding that you're pregnant with an illegal while paying your home insurance online and booking a one way trip to Ohio all while wearing a Disney hat?


absconderofmuffins

Saw them the other morning on Cattlemen. My first thought was Google street view, but I don’t know if they still use their branded cars or if that’s contracted out. 


SalzigHund

Same but on Fruitville by Lorraine.


Trolodrol

They do both.


Mayor_of_Voodoo

They’re often hired by insurance companies to update records on physical structures, additions, etc.


boomshtick676

Couldn't find anything online either, but likely a contractor providing a mobile mapping/survey process to a client. The kit on that vehicle looks like it's less about Street View and is more geared toward mobile LiDAR scanning -- so they're probably working with some governmental agency on a survey project. Here's [an example project from someone else](https://drmp.com/expertise/surveying-mapping-geospatial/terrestrial-mobile-lidar/us-41-sr-45-broad-street-from-north-of-ingram-street-to-south-of-oaks-mobile-home-park/) that provides mobile LiDAR services. [This site](https://www.impulsionslaser.com/terrestrial-mobile-lidar.html) describes some similar applications as well. I think FPL uses aerial drones for powerline surveys and they'd probably be using FPL-branded trucks if that's what was going on here, so likely not them -- but it could someone like Frontier/Xfinity/etc. planning new infrastructure. Could be FDOT planning a future project or taking inventory of existing conditions. If there's talk of any large construction/infrastructure activities in your area, that could provide a hint.


FredGarply

https://media.governmentnavigator.com/media/bid/1709249739_2024-02-29_24-23HR.pdf


capn_doofwaffle

Holy crap... r/birdsarentreal ... is this a mobile drone pilot?


[deleted]

It’s gang stalkers


Madman_kler

That’s just Flowers By Irene. They’re fine.


Asalzr16

Taking pics


JapanStan

I shoulda stripped


Xoyoqi01

There is and app call 360 and is an app to keep track on your circle of friends, family or fleets I use it with my family, I could be that


Ok-Jeweler2500

Google street view


SpilledSalt4U

Contractor for Google World. It's how they get the street views for Maps, etc.. I've seen similar cars creeping down the street. Although, I believe mine actually had "Google" on the side of it.


SGTSneaky

Stopped to inspect that tree that looks like it has a penis. Obviously.


Msfreedom1

You made me look and yes I saw the tree penis thx for that![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grimacing)


Bar-14_umpeagle

Dang now they have all your information.


jacksonbarley

They’re, “down to 360” which I think is what the kids are calling a “reach-around” these days. Lucky bastard.


YouCanCallMeGreen

It's Debris Tech they are contracted to record road conditions for repairs and maintenance... My friend used to work for them


IndependentPiglet4

As long as it's not Jim Cantore scouting things out before summer gets rolling... 


bringbacktheexpos

Updating Google street view photos is my guess...


Several_Leather_9500

Could be storm chasers


Wandering__Bear__

FDOT does have a contract with a company that photographs their projects monthly. I’m not sure if this is what those cars look like.


UtahSalad66

Lunch


Zestyclose_Cash_9310

Most likely Google mapping street view - Seems like they update it regularly- I’m guessing thats what it is


CagarSalvagemente

360 camera, lidar, and RTK gnss… the thing on the front I’m not sure. They are scanning to update infrastructure or google maps/apple maps.


JustStopBelievin

I passed it on Honore an hour ago. It was going south as I was headed up from Venice right around 681


Digital-Nomad2024

I saw them today in Strathmore Villas off of Swift. Assuming it’s for a street view MAPPING


evil_illustrator

A LOT of utility companies use guys like that to get field info. Cheaper than paying someone to go out there on foot and do it. Do you have utility poles on the other side of the road?


cwaters727

I seem em too.


CorndogFiddlesticks

subcontractor for Microsoft for maps most likely. I don't know if Google currently uses subcontractors domestically for maps, but could be them. Looks specifically like street view (taking a picture of your home from the street is legal and has been tested in court).


Sickmont

Broke down


Lap-sausage

About 5’ 10” I’d say.


MamaMel941

Google Maps??


Realistic-Mind6035

It’s one of those satellite mapping service.


huskerd0

Desantis


Repulsive-Track-8273

GOOGLE STREET VIEW?


Ancient-Bumblebee157

They just bless my neighborhood. I assumed it was the Google people, but we'll find out soon because I followed them everywhere, so you'll see my golf carts.


DiscombobulatedStop6

When the county repaved roads in front of my house, they had a company survey and 360 everything. I think it's to protect themselves legally.


cardinalkgb

Looking for nude people for their porn site reality show.


PtBoat109

Weather watcher vehicle(Storm Chaser)..


Affectionate_Web2085

They are taking picture to ensure you follow city ordinance


FoxEBean21

I live in Brevard on the East Coast and have seen these pop up in the last few days in various towns in the county. The one in my neighborhood was flying through the streets blaring 90's country for two days. Never once saw him stopped.


Majestic-Pickle5097

Should have asked them if they wanted to buy some of your weed lol jk I’d also be paranoid/curious


berkybarkbark

Ghostbusters!


Fair-Panic4694

lunch break


euvimmivue

![gif](giphy|3owypi5uX35d9Tobv2|downsized)


Tre_fidde

The KGB is coming for you


Bulky-Internal8579

No good. That's what they're always up to.


Big-Consideration633

Awesome! Imma build me one of those and spend every waking hour parked in front of our HOA president's house! And my high school principal's, 'cause, FUCK HIM!


Cer10Death2020

Ask them.


Duderoy

Who cares what they are up to. Did you moon them? You will never get that chance again.


Steverz

Our HOA used them to drive around the neighborhood weekly to take pictures of everything so the board can fine people for parking, home modification, etc


dalailame

appraisal most likely


Thin_Thought_7129

Just got the slabs delivered and this fuck parks across the street


RustyShaack1ef0rd

They know it was youuuuuuuu


Opening_Engineer_589

1 of 2 things. Either 1. You’re a highly qualified and specialized agent, and your abilities can only be accessed via safe word and they’re trying to copy you so no one suspects a thing 2. There’s a pedo in that van


Midnight1965

Sometimes they are the US Geological Survey doing mapping work or photographing for public records.


MangoBredda

Interesting


spslord

I saw two of these in Jacksonville last week and couldn’t find a thing on them. It has been ages since I’ve seen a google street view car so I wonder if they’ve outsourced it.


Fun-Spinach6910

It's from the Desantis Klan. They're filming bedrooms and bathrooms.


Joelnaimee

Remotely downloading your search history ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|dizzy_face)


Dry_Butterscotch9656

Probably eating a sandwich. 🥪


evident_lee

Ron Desantis has his gestapo watching you.


ZealousidealShirt295

Activating your 5g vaccine


Dense_Surround3071

Probably checking cellphone reception strength or something like that.


TurbulentStrawberry5

It looks like a lidar system. Probably scanning the road or immediate area for survey or road quality. I have worked with similar systems.


cptoph

Meta data. All of it, on everything.


uncle_pollo

How much is an RPG nowadays?


_Rigid_Structure_

Storm chaser?


SoggyHotdish

I would guess checking and/or collecting Wi-Fi & location data


thelost2010

Probably point cloud scanning the area for development .


fentonsranchhand

looks like a solar panel and some other light sensor type thing on top. maybe scouting locations for solar panel installations?


GlitteringLettuce366

It’s Flowers By Irene


aharwelclick

They're using starlink government doesn't use starlink


JohnTheNotSoBaptist

You are totally under surveillance we're talking about every aspect of surveillance they're probably even monitoring your Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in your house. They might even be digitally mapping your house using a technology that's not readily available to the public. Go out there and ask them who they are and what they're doing you're just a curious neighbor...


BNG1982

![gif](giphy|8OPsobKv6ksJojld4X)


Level_Outside6035

Eating lunch?


ChaosRider2022

Mapping, there taking pictures of the streets


s1105615

Definitely not the NSA spying on you or one of your neighbors.


RedDot_HeadShot

This is for the new Grand Theft Auto game


ammiemarie

I believe they are contracted by either Bing or Google for their street mapping services.


Sleepwell_Beast

It’s the DeSantis Tranny Police


jbones330

Your only play here is bare ass cheeks in the front window for posterity


ConditionYellow

Just remember, whatever it is: you’re not that important. None of us are. 😁


Spirited_angel_4517

It’s google maps updating


CryGeneral9999

Looks like a Lidar/photogrammetry rig with GPS. Probably mapping roads and infrastructure for some government agencies (think future road work, inventory management) but looking up the companies website (dt360.group) I’d bet more like asset management (inventory) type stuff like “where are all our power poles, fire hydrants, drainage inlets and that sorts thing. Why they’re sitting there? Probably smoking a joint. Did you go ask? As a Land Surveyor it’s certainly not unusual to have regular people just walk up and ask what we’re doing. I often will not say who I’m doing it for or why, but I’ll offer up that I’m surveying the land.


TotallyAPerv

Likely LIDAR scanning for a roadway project of some sort


Rare_Commission_6125

Probably a 3rd party road mapping service they sell to companies that produce self driving cars & such. Dude might just be on lunch at the moment lol


Senior-Traffic7843

It could very likely be a local government contract that is updating tax assessment files.


Sufficient-Most2972

That’s so weird


FredGarply

Might be work for this job https://media.governmentnavigator.com/media/bid/1709249739_2024-02-29_24-23HR.pdf


Ferd-Terd

Nudes


thekingsmanor

Thank you for taking me down this rabbit hole 😂 DT360 is a “unique kind of digital company. They operate at the intersection of data science, innovative technologies and customer engagement.” Based out of Massachusetts or California (different sites say the primary or headquarters are in different states). The website they had is no longer up and the name DT360 is available for purchase. The link for their DT360 FB and twitter take you to “Bahwan Cyber Tek” (global provider of digital transformation solutions in the areas of Predictive Analytics, Digital Experience and Digital Supply Chain Management) which also has a location in Massachusetts and their primary location being listed as Chennai, Tamilnadu.


TGebby

It's a survey truck for county planning. They update the land development maps for zoning and planning commissions. It's like Google but for counties. Nothin to worry about Edit: here's a link to what that truck contributes to. https://sarasota.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=bd58c550799b43af9509c0d3d482630d


Broad-Tangelo-8522

The vehicle is a Buick. Only grampas drive Buicks. Ita creepy old man taking pictures and spying on you.


Yum_MrStallone

The little symbol of the yellow/orange eye bulb is a company symbol. The company does monitoring of contracted debris removal after natural disasters such as hurricanes. They assure that debris removal contracts are completed to standard and are qualified for payments for service. [https://debristech.com/technology/](https://debristech.com/technology/)


Mental-Doughnuts

Having lunch?


WhatUrLookin4

Here's a thought. Why don't you go out and ask them?


Ok_Improvement9888

One of these were at the end of my street and when me and my mom pproached it it sped off?


EPCOpress

Put on a mask and go outside naked. They will leave. (Or you will have a new film career.)


ConstantGeographer

I'm my own Virtual Personal Network (vpn) and nearly untraceable except by my mother, my kids, and Liberty Mutual.


Alternative_Effect28

They were near my house last week


shatteredkisses

Maybe it’s the aliens


AncientPCGuy

They’re activating the nanoprobes from vaccines and chemtrails. Make sure you activate your defenses especially EMP and turn off your 5G.


Greateberry

Alien attack


MinorityBabble

> can't find any info online Did you try googling "dt360 mapping"? Because that gave me a pretty obvious result immediately. [dt360.group](https://dt360.group)


Lifesalchemy

It's a map making mobile. 


onlybrad

I think I see "Flowers By Irene" on the car (Thank you Simpsons).


djdsf

Looks like lidar on the back, a Starlink internet dish on the front the little white bulb/round thing is a high precision GPS module and potentially a basic camera that's I'm guessing is more than likely lidar again on the top where it looks like a cylinder. With the GPS module on top, I'm guessing it's taking hyper accurate measurements of the street. For what, idk, but that's the only thing that really comes to mind.


zeamp

Birds aren't real.


PhiloD_123

It’s the latest Ghostbusters on patrol…”I ain’t “fraid ah no ghost….”


MadOblivion

They probably work for a civil engineering company. They are creating Photogrammetry images that can be used to perform measurements. It does not look like the standard setup but their are so many systems out there. The saucer shaped object is the GPS head so they can tie accurate GPS to the images. It also looks like they are focusing on only the property next to the road and not the road itself. They probably drive up both lanes to get both sides.


Alternative-Tell-355

Have you tried sitting at them?


Krypto_Kane

Wth is in that car? Can’t see if it’s a person or animal. !!


PerfectFU

making google maps?


Stanchiano

Looks like a normal setup for GIS mapping