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Police Are Putting Up Fake 3D-Printed Flock Cameras and Swooping In to Arrest People Who Vandalize Them (futurism.com)

submitted 1 week ago by XLE@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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a man was charged with three felonies after he cut down a 3D-printed "decoy" Flock camera, which was set up by police.

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[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 15 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Couldn't they just "swoop in" on any camera? It's not like the decoy looks so much more inviting to destroy.

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[–] AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

They put these near convenient places, like donut shops

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