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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)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 239 points 8 months ago* (31 children)

Good, fuck this panopticon dystopia shit.

Also, some guy sliced the entire pole and left a message:

hahaha get wrecked ya surveilling fucks

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  • [–] 73 points 8 months ago (17 children)

    They sell battery powered angle grinders at Harbour Freight.

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  • [–] 30 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Paint ball guns with permanent ink ammunition works too.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    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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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    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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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    Pay cash

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Wear a mask

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    And smoke a little grass?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Definitely eat ass

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    No need to be crass.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Enough with the sass

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    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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  • [–] 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Damn that's aluminium, not steel. You can do that with an angle grinder, reciprocating saw, or even a mapp gas torch

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