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Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags (www.404media.co)
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Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

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[–] 7 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Isn't this a problem that a can of spray paint can solve?

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Use spray on flex seal instead, and go with the black one. It sticks better, and it can only be noticed by the lack of reflection from the lens. The police are unlikely to notice, because they rarely use flock by checking a specific camera (they typically just search the whole system for specific vehicles, from a map view), and if no one reports it it can go unfixed indefinitely

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (4 children)

    Or

    Put a fucking bullet in it. Or ~100. Birdshot should do nicely.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    Sure, but then it's a lot easier to notice it's broken. It also makes a lot of noise, shooting a gun; a spray can is near silent.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    It also can't be cleaned off as fast as paint, and costs more to replace.

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