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How many Flock cameras were found with no reported owner in one Florida county? (www.govtech.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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St. Lucie County, Fla., residents sounded the alarm over the discovery of 14 Flock Safety cameras that officials have no record of. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office has claimed ownership of three of the cameras, although the department has declined to comment on why there were no permits or if they had accessed them. That leaves 11 cameras with unknown owners and no way of knowing who is accessing sensitive surveillance data. County officials are allowing the individual(s) time to take the cameras down before moving forward with an investigation.

In August, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an order to remove Flock cameras located within the right of way on state highway systems and revoked existing permits for automated license plate recognition systems. Florida was the first state to ban the controversial Flock cameras.

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[–] 52 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

If the police doesn't own them, and there's no permit for their use, shouldn't they be removed immediately?

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago

    Just like the Saudi family's private jet being the only passenger jet allowed in the air on 9/11 despite 15/19 hijackers being Saudi, the perpetrating party is being given grace because they need to clean things up first and construct the narrative.

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    • [–] 33 points 3 weeks ago

    County officials are allowing the individual(s) time to take the cameras down before moving forward with an investigation.

    Hmm. So nice of the police to give a warning before opening a case after criminals dun fucked up. What a lovely place to do some crime.

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    [–] [S] 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Cool, cool. Literally anyone can put these things up. 🥴

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  • [–] 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I wonder if this also means literally anyone can take them down and salvage the hardware?

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Legally? No. Morally? You know people are planning this for Halloween right?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    I’m wondering about the legally bit though. If the things are there illegally, removing them without damaging anything they’re connected to… someone’s going to have to say “Hey, that’s mine! I’m the one who illegally installed that thing! It belongs to me!”

    Since they still have them there and haven’t claimed them, couldn’t they be claimed by anyone as abandoned salvage?

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    • [–] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Flock is putting them up everywhere without permission

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    • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago

    ICE maybe? They've been using lots of shady methods to find anyone they can to meet their impossible quota of deportations. But could just be cops refusing to admit it or data broker corporations since they don't care about laws since they can just pay a small fine, bankrupt the shell company and change to another shell company and continue as usual.

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    [–] 20 points 3 weeks ago

    If nobody owns it, presumably it's not a crime to destroy or possess them

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    [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    I scroll YouTube shorts (I’m weak) and there’s a guy there who does traffic safety systems and calls out how flock cameras in the “clear zone” don’t have shear-off poles. They’re a menace on many levels.

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