Regretful cities aren’t sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.
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7 hoursDo also the other thing, where you brake it apart. Same thing, but it’s permanently.
I read the beginning of the title as “Cities are Cowering” and now I think it could easily be a part of an alternate title.
Like your the damn government… Just remove the devices, tell Flock where they can pick them up in the next two weeks otherwise they will be sold as is on open market and pay the termination fee or potential lawsuit. Cities get sued like all the time and I am confident even a moderately competent lawyer could find a cheap way out.
I’d like to think that the bag is step 1. Step 2 is to balance an old car tire on top, and set it on fire.
- 8 hours
I love the theatrics of it, but surely something less polluting can achieve the same results
- felbane@lemmy.worldEnglish2 hours
- City installs trash bags because they’re contractually obligated to keep the devices installed and powered on
- Someone hosts an impromptu Office Space fan meetup, with a fun reenactment of the printer scene
- City sees this, responds with an obvious but legally non-actionable tweet response suggesting it continue (e.g. “Fartsburg loves Mike Judge films, too! So nice to see our citizens enjoying the various forms of recreation and socialization ths city has to offer.”), along with some conspicuously-placed garbage cans near all of the cameras’ installed locations.
- ???
- (No) Profit. (for Flock)
- anon_8675309@lemmy.worldEnglish14 hours
Makes them more easily identifiable so they can be properly disposed of.
- 20 hours
I 100% guarantee that “deactivated” cameras are still operational. It’s just not the City getting the data.
- Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish6 hours
They don’t just collect video either. Audio, network traffic, Bluetooth devices, tons of electronic intelligence can still be gotten with covered cameras
- 19 hours
Heard lots of precious metals in them, wink wink, nudge, nudge, and all that then LoL
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.
- 34 minutes
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.
- 3 hours
I say take the company but that’s cause theres tons of copper wire and plumbing in the walls
- Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish19 hours
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.
- Kowowow@lemmy.caEnglish19 hours
I would have bit of extra respect for a youtuber breaking down to get the precious metals out of specifically flok cameras
- 19 hours
Sounds like these cities need an adopt-a-Flock program to get these lonely civil rights violations into new forever homes
They are the city. They can send public works out there to dismantle the cameras and then send Flock the bill for it, if they are unwilling to dismantle themselves.
- vagrancyand@sh.itjust.worksEnglish19 hours
Fun fact the panel, inverter, and battery set up in these do not have any tracking features, that’s all in the internals for the camera controller. It’s enough to charge any smart phone or tablet if someone you know is living outside and should have a need of that. You do not need anything more than a Philips head screwdriver for most versions, and a security bit for others, both of which you can have for pennies at any hardware store.
Some flock stuff has microphones so avoid talking during the maintenance session 😜
They also include SIM cards that come with a Flock-funded data plan.
- anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish3 hours
Bring an all metal tool box to put the camera in it. Instant faraday cage.
Best to open it somewhere that is not frequented by you though, then you can remove the battery and other useful stuff for recycling.
Or just throw the whole thing in the nearest dumpster and let the garbage company take care of it.
If you cut the solar panel wire at night, no one will know when it happened.
- ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish9 hours
Charge controllers detect open circuit connections, so it will very likely be in a log when suddenly the controller has an open circuit on the input terminals.
- 16 hours
This is why you don’t sign contracts without an obvious out.
- otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish18 hours
the city was sharing Flock camera data for immigration enforcement
Ah, these are in American cities.
apparently on accident,
Oh yes, definitely American.
(Yes I know I skipped over the part about Ohio)
One step away from being relocated to their actual destination: the bin.
honestly idk why they bothered covering them. just disconnect them… as long as they aren’t damaged I doubt flock could seek anything on it.
likely safer if they ever get caught. it’s not damaging property if there’s simply a trash bag over it.
- 14 hours
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
- ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish14 hours
Or
Put a fucking bullet in it. Or ~100. Birdshot should do nicely.
- volore@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish10 hours
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.
- ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish6 hours
It also can’t be cleaned off as fast as paint, and costs more to replace.
