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Americans Are Smashing Flock Cameras (stateofsurveillance.org)
submitted 4 months ago by [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 42 points 4 months ago (10 children)

They kept stealing or destroying the ones in my area so they started putting them on massively tall poles. It’s pretty unnerving to look up and notice them everywhere.

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  • [–] 34 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I'm glad they're keeping their cameras safe, but I do worry that a handheld laser could still reach a camera on a tall pole, though the operator might have to stand far enough away that they couldn't be recognized. I hope no one would try to damage a valuable camera like that.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I'm glad you share my concerns, especially for green lasers.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    FOIA requests for Flock data are much more permanent solutions to them

    So far pretty much every jurisdiction has removed them instead of complying with FOIA requests for footage/data

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Assuming these are hollow aluminum poles, could drill a small hole and fill them with hydrochloric acid or something.. Will probably bring them down quickly

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