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[-] spacegoat@lemmy.world 2 points 38 minutes ago

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.)

[-] arc99@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

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.

[-] Frettchen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

Only if just a few are doing it.

[-] uriel238 14 points 18 hours ago

Let us remember ALPRs have been around fora 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.

[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 97 points 1 day ago

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

[-] OS2Warp@lemmy.zip 17 points 18 hours ago
[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 63 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[-] treesquid@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

The decision of which reciprocating saw is the best value?

[-] ItsNotImportant24@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago

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. 😐

[-] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Get ‘em while they’re hot!

One day, these things are going to be novelty items with a pretty neat history about surveillance capitalism and Americans efforts to fight back. Having one, by that point, will be pretty awesome.

[-] ItsNotImportant24@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Just one? Good reason to be a hoarder or collector.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

I've heard sometimes they just put up the cameras and ask for permission from the city after.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 19 points 1 day ago

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

[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 4 points 19 hours ago

Oh no! Anyway...

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 26 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago
[-] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

Mass Surveilance System... Online.

[-] Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I Need to show this video to someone i know

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Justifier@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Yes, they are static wardriving nodes as well as cameras

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day 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.

[-] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

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

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

That sensor node comes with lots of direct benefits for the person carrying it. Flock cameras have literally zero direct benefits.

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