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[–] 76 points 4 months ago (4 children)

That's strange, I didn't see anything.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Amazing how those cameras break on their own to look like someone did it.

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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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  • [–] 31 points 4 months ago*

    Probably because they have 3 ounces of gold and a dimebag of meth inside every one.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago

    It's good to read news that makes me proud to be an american

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago

    Why are they smashing them? Is it to steal their rich raw materials hidden inside that you can sell and are impossible to trace back?

    Why would anybody smash flock cameras, ones that have hundreds of dollars of raw materials hidden inside of them that you can sell and are impossible to trace back?

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

    Working really hard to keep an eye on common people ... when the country should be looking really closely at those in leadership instead

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Clanker trash article

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Why smash them when they can easily be disabled with a green laser pointer.

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

    Really? I have a 5W green laser pointer that I think might work well for this then...

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

    A 5W laser would disable most things you point it at

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Well I know what I'm doing in a night or two (I want to make sure there aren't a ton of other people around because of reflection).

    Are we talking it ruining the camera sensor in seconds? This is exciting.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Oh no, the horrors...anyways.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I feel like this effort would be better optimized by a drone with black spray paint

    Surely one drone could take out about 100 cameras every night?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Those are rookie numbers.

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