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Auburn California Flock Surveillance Cameras Stolen and Dumped in a Canal

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Re: Auburn California Flock Surveillance Cameras Stolen and Dumped in a Canal

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Need to make a device specialized for breaking these things. An industrial vibratory device might work pretty good, especially if it had seeepable speed. Just hit the harmonic and the devices will be destroyed in a jif.

I remember when speed cameras first became popular in europe. People would ride up on motorcycles, throw a tires over them and set them on fire.

I don't think vigilantes should go setting things on fire, but I also think corporate surveillance is way beyond unethical. Will we ever get a balance? Are individual rights a lost cause?

Re: Auburn California Flock Surveillance Cameras Stolen and Dumped in a Canal

#15

Ugh, it’s so disappointing to see incompetence. Flock could understand that they’re vulnerable to “just cut the pole down” and thus made the cameras easy to remove because that’s cheaper and because it doesn’t result in people cutting down municipal infrastructure, but the reporting fails to consider that possibility. And the people that did this getting their faces caught on the literal cameras they’re taking down i…

> Suspects were captured on camera footage before destroying the devices, yet remain unidentified publicly.

Not sure where you got "faces"

Re: Auburn California Flock Surveillance Cameras Stolen and Dumped in a Canal

#16

Ugh, it’s so disappointing to see incompetence. Flock could understand that they’re vulnerable to “just cut the pole down” and thus made the cameras easy to remove because that’s cheaper and because it doesn’t result in people cutting down municipal infrastructure, but the reporting fails to consider that possibility. And the people that did this getting their faces caught on the literal cameras they’re taking down i…

> Suspects were captured on camera footage before destroying the devices, yet remain unidentified publicly. Not sure where you got "faces"

Wait, seriously, they claimed “footage of some disguised people” as relevant? They .. Ugh, I misread, thanks

Re: Auburn California Flock Surveillance Cameras Stolen and Dumped in a Canal

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post #14
post #8

Need to make a device specialized for breaking these things. An industrial vibratory device might work pretty good, especially if it had seeepable speed. Just hit the harmonic and the devices will be destroyed in a jif.

I remember when speed cameras first became popular in europe. People would ride up on motorcycles, throw a tires over them and set them on fire. I don't think vigilantes should go setting things on fire, but I also think corporate surveillance is way beyond unethical. Will we ever get a balance? Are individual rights a lost cause?

Why are you calling this corporate surveillance? These cameras are installed on the government's orders for the government's use.

It's way more nefarious this way!

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