totally unrelated reminder that it’s possible to find and catalog flock cameras that are in your local area at https://deflock.org/
And I imagine that anyone who did plan to partake in this would leave their phone at home so they cannot be associated with being in that area.
It’s also possible they may use a spray paint can extender stick to reach the camera lenses, or cut through the aluminum polls with either a portable battery powered angle grinder or reciprocating saw, bought with cash.
Something else unrelated: You can buy spray foam insulation at any hardware store. It expands and sets relatively quickly, and can be used to block light as well as heat and sound. They make sprayers with long hoses too, if you’re looking to insulate some hard-to-reach areas.
I wonder if a simple pipe cutter would actually work and be extremely quiet. I mean, I have no idea because they don’t even exist here but you can cut through pretty thick steel pipe with a pipe cutter pretty quick. Seems like a big pipe cutter might do the job too. But I have no idea and no way to find out, so take my curiosity for what it’s worth.
The aluminium poles and commodity electronics are useful for makers.
EWaste should be disposed of in an environmental safe way.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
For someone planning to partake in those events, I would suspect they would opt to leave the stuff on the street so there is no chance of them being linked to it through physical means.
I’d advise a lead container and wondering how long the battery lasts.
Just a reminder if you’re doing this not to have your phone, smart watch, car or anything electronic with you just in case the flock you’re going for has the fancy shit that picks all that up.
They don’t respect us. Yet we still fund their ability to own us. We don’t need everything this lifestyle offers us. We should be practicing living without so we don’t need to depend on them for anything more than the basics. Learn to prioritize finding enjoyment in whats natural and free, not what’s marketed.
The rise of data centers probably isn’t solely for consumer grade ai like chatgpt. FEDs already have deals and use current datacenters. Look at the timing of ICE and immigration drama. Look at the bill that is looking to allow ICE to police shoplifting. Notice the insane funding boost ICE got. I don’t this is coincidence. Life and authentic humanity is on the line. And don’t get it twisted left right or center dependency will lead to the same outcomes.
I mean its just a fact of holloween but I may wear a costume all day that has a mask.
I have it on good authority that most of the people attacking flocks cams are actually cops who secretly hate flock and also want to make it look like crime is up plus they know how to get away with it so anyway they really need to look into this starting with the cop department
Obviously no one here is going to damage property. But it’s not a crime to add noise to the signal by walking around masked up with a backpack.
And a paintball gun inside the backpack.
I’ve heard those cameras can see through some masks, so… careful out there.
You can’t seriously be talking about x-ray cameras so i guess you mean crappy masks, right? Right?
Fuck surveillance. But OTOH, #fuckcars too. If these flock cams are really just to snoop on cars, that’s bad-on-bad as far as I’m concerned.
From the article:
“Flock says its cameras do not use facial recognition and that customers control their own data.”
So cyclists are not being snooped on, correct?
Hard to trust their words. But the first time they use facial rec info in court the lie will be blown.
Flock has been proven to lie repeatedly already. The cameras are being used by police officer to stalk their ex’s (plus over 100 other cases of cops abusing it), as well as used for thin justification to detain and illegally search people. They are also being used to track women getting abortions out of state, as well as activists.
Benn Jordan also exposed that Flock cameras have virtually no security, allowing anyone to log into a camera via wifi and alter footage/evidence, download what its recorded, etc. They also proved that Flock cameras will track individual people walking around, such as in parks where some are installed.
They are unlikely to have any effect on people driving less, and instead are being used to further the goals of the fascist state.
