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[–] 119 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Much like health insurance CEOs getting waxed, destroying flock cameras seems to be one thing almost everyone agrees on.

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  • [–] 76 points 2 months ago* (6 children)

    This article reminded me to check deflock.me where I found that in the last 90 days my city finally got a Flock camera. There's only one but I've been driving by the damn thing every day on my way to work without realizing it.

    I'd like to know whose responsible for it; City, County, or State but regardless I now have a decision to make.

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

    Thanks for this link, wasn't aware of it. I am now aware that my city and the surrounding cities are fucking flooded with them all over. 😐

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

    The next stage of this is going to be models of Flock cameras that look like other common security cameras, or a Flock module that plugs into existing security cameras and adds them to the network.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Aren't flock camera more than just cameras as they scan for Bluetooth / wifi devices

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Sure, but there's no reason they couldn't be built into an enclosure that looks like other security cameras.

    Alternatively, you just build a little box that has that extra stuff and plugs into a normal security camera, and you bury the box in the ground or put it inside a locked utility cabinet or something.

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

    The next stage of this is having cops patrol flock cameras.

    The whole 'mass surveillance' thing sort of does away with a need for traditional patrols.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    How long do you figure before they get the Flock AI declared a police officer, therefore any damage to an AI-enabled device counts as assaulting an officer?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    Please don't give them ideas. Fido's one thing, but at least that's a sentient being that can feel pain. Officer Clanker, I hope to god, Satan, the FSM, Jibbers Crabst and whatever other deity may listen, is many many decades away.

    If they start declaring inanimate fucking objects or robots to be police officers, all it will mean is that the penalty for vandalism and cop killing is the same... so you might as well earn it.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago

    Clearly professional operatives paid by China to ensure America falls behind in unwanted surveillance technology 🤔. /s

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

    Let us remember ALPRs have been around for a while now, and the fervor we're building to dismantle Flock we need to quietly extend to all ALPR services actively feeding unwarranted surveillance data to law enforcement and federal paramilitaries.

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

    Funny how corporations and the government have us in a panopticon of virtual trackers, but only the flock cameras get pushback. Maybe it’s easier for people to comprehend and fight against because it’s a physical object.

    Some states have had these for years, with zero complaints. I know at least my home state had tracking by license plate and facial identification 10+ years ago.

    (I do not support Flock, but I wish people cared this much about all privacy violations.)

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

    If hypothetically you're going to destroy a camera, consider the determination of police to investigate and the criminal charges before choosing your method. Spraying them with varnish is a lot more low key than shooting at or burning them, both of which are likely to attract investigations and felony charges.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Based signage.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    If only people would be this militant about the sensor node they carry around all the time.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    people have decided long ago they don't give data to crooks

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