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Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras
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Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.
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    They sell battery powered angle grinders at Harbour Freight.

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      You can get the same thing cheaper via Craigslist and they’ll have a harder time tracing ownership. A crackhead hawking stolen hardware store crap is not going to really be as helpful to the surveillance state as they’d like.

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      Paint ball guns with permanent ink ammunition works too.

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        Waaaaay easier and cheaper to replace the lenses than a whole pole, including everything that was on it. And I think an angle grinder with some disks would cost about as much as a paintball gun with permanent ink ammo, and the former being much more bang for your buck in terms of damage done and also use other than for this.

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          But the way this are repaired and replaced, one ability to damage or obstructe the camera quickly and without being noticed is going to be the most important thing. Ankle grinding on a poll for 2 min isn’t ideal. What is the camera isn’t mounted on a poll? The result is going to be a technician coming out and installing a new camera. Swing back around a couple well placed shots from 50 years away. Beats having to spend another 2min with a grinder.

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        Also

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        powerful laser pointers can burn camera sensors out too

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          Just please wear properly rated safety glasses and keep them away from bystanders.

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        i prefer the one in the picture by a commentor, permanently remove the flock camera.

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          Permanently remove that camera. They can always put up another. Inking the leanse or dome will still require I new camera installed. Actually shooting the camera with a real gun is probably the best option.

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      Pay cash

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        Wear a mask

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          And smoke a little grass?

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            Definitely eat ass

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              No need to be crass.

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                Enough with the sass

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                  As I’ve got to dash

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                    Hit the gas!

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