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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.)
people have decided long ago they don't give data to crooks
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.
and whatever you do, don't cut them down with battery operated recipricating saws, then smash the casings and steal the batteries and solar panels.
Only if just a few are doing it.
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.
Much like health insurance CEOs getting waxed, destroying flock cameras seems to be one thing almost everyone agrees on.
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.
The decision of which reciprocating saw is the best value?
I've heard sometimes they just put up the cameras and ask for permission from the city after.
Gee, just like companies putting murderbots... er, "autonomous cars" on the streets without any permitting to see what they could get away with - and suffered no consequences.
Clearly professional operatives paid by China to ensure America falls behind in unwanted surveillance technology 🤔. /s
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.
Aren't flock camera more than just cameras as they scan for Bluetooth / wifi devices
I mean, plenty of security cameras have WiFi capabilities. Adding bluetooth wouldn't be a very big lift. It definitely wouldn't be big enough to prevent a smaller form factor.
Yes, they are static wardriving nodes as well as cameras
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.
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.
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?
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.
Oh no! Anyway...
Jeremy Clarkson intensifies...
If only people would be this militant about the sensor node they carry around all the time.
That sensor node comes with lots of direct benefits for the person carrying it. Flock cameras have literally zero direct benefits.