▲ 791 ▼ Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags (www.404media.co) submitted 5 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.
[+] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 76 points 5 months ago (7 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago Welp. It's too bad the shitty hotel I used to work at got shut down by the city. We had TONS of meth heads that would be very appriciative of that information. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children) Really though, don't do the precious metals part, cuz that's what will get you caught. Carefully destroying them? Very doable, I strongly suspect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago* (1 child) The precious metals content realistically isn't interesting at all unfortunately. You could make a bit reselling the internal components (like probably not even 3 digits), but the value on the actual copper/etc is negligible. The solar panel is probably the most interesting piece, but the components are cheap as fuck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] halferect@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Its to encourage meth heads who only need 20 bucks and are desperate enough to go to jail for a lil bit of copper permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago I would have bit of extra respect for a youtuber breaking down to get the precious metals out of specifically flok cameras permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) or take the whole pole its attached to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago Welp. It's too bad the shitty hotel I used to work at got shut down by the city. We had TONS of meth heads that would be very appriciative of that information. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children) Really though, don't do the precious metals part, cuz that's what will get you caught. Carefully destroying them? Very doable, I strongly suspect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago* (1 child) The precious metals content realistically isn't interesting at all unfortunately. You could make a bit reselling the internal components (like probably not even 3 digits), but the value on the actual copper/etc is negligible. The solar panel is probably the most interesting piece, but the components are cheap as fuck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] halferect@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Its to encourage meth heads who only need 20 bucks and are desperate enough to go to jail for a lil bit of copper permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago* (1 child) The precious metals content realistically isn't interesting at all unfortunately. You could make a bit reselling the internal components (like probably not even 3 digits), but the value on the actual copper/etc is negligible. The solar panel is probably the most interesting piece, but the components are cheap as fuck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] halferect@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Its to encourage meth heads who only need 20 bucks and are desperate enough to go to jail for a lil bit of copper permalink fedilink source parent
[–] halferect@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Its to encourage meth heads who only need 20 bucks and are desperate enough to go to jail for a lil bit of copper permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago I would have bit of extra respect for a youtuber breaking down to get the precious metals out of specifically flok cameras permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) or take the whole pole its attached to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)