I’m a frequent contributor to OSM, along with being passionate about individual privacy. Adding Flock cameras to the map has become a new hyperfixation for me. The best part is that when tagged correctly, they appear on deflock.me along with OSM. It’s a simple way to help your community know when they’re around these dystopian ALPR cameras. Deflock also has an app, although I cannot attest for it - I believe that it dumps the data into OSM too, so it may be better suited for those without OSM experience.
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Since someone asked in a cross post, DeFlock has an image-based guide on how to identify common ALPRs: https://deflock.me/identify
If you’re like me (and your area has a lot of them like mine does), once you notice one, you’ll start seeing them everywhere.
Thank you
How sensitive are these cameras to ranged damage? I don’t expect them to be put in rural enough places for a .22 from the woods, would a pellet breach the case? What about a decent laser, could that fry the sensor? We don’t have any where I live but I’d like to be ready to destroy them or at least incapacitate them.
I just checked my area which is very rural, mostly farmland, and there are 2 nearby. Not really sure what they’re near exactly though
They’re not that high off the ground. You could just tape a spray paint can to a stick and paint them black. Even the most powerful handheld laser pointers wouldn’t take out the entire sensor. It might just leave some dead pixels.
Nichia makes crazy good lasers but you need to focus the light perfectly on the camera.
Since my of us love lasers and need them for work, my recommendation is to not use those to cause releases of energy from a distance. That would cause more regulations. Maybe we should have a 2nd.1 amendment to give us the right to bare lasers, phasers and mazers and any tool that would help the people during an invasion. The homealone amendment.
They are solar powered, so if the panel were significantly damaged, the camera would be unable to recharge and would go offline. Might take a few days perhaps.
Love contributing to OSM, whichever way.
Also see https://mapcomplete.org/surveillance
