• MushuChupacabra@piefed.world
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    17 hours ago

    Flock also vehemently denies that their cameras are full of components and materials with a high resale value, and wants the public to stop treating them like catalytic converters.

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        16 hours ago

        Networked security cameras that detect license plates, identifying features, etc. Sold to law enforcement, but also to home owners and businesses.

        The data they collect is used by ICE to maximize their crimes against humanity.

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          I think your description is reasonable, however I’d argue that they are not security cameras. Rather a nationwide public surveillance network intended to circumvent the 4th amendment.

          Flock doesn’t secure people or property. They merely catalog the movements of people and vehicles for future law enforcement work, allowing both current location searches and comprehensive retrospective location history searches, all without warrants or court orders. Again, not picking on you here; just adding some color because while security camera is easy to understand, it also has a connotation that is quote different from what flock does.

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      15 hours ago

      They’re the point. Well one of the points. The other is things like the Patriot Act let them bypass laws to do otherwise illegal shit to terrorists.

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    15 hours ago

    Admit nothing, deny everything, and make counter accusations has been the standard argumentative tactic of “the good guys” for generations.

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    16 hours ago

    I have wondered if one of those “10W blue flashlights” would damage a surveillance camera.

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      I believe you’d need a laser or some strength, and these cameras would need to lack proper filters. I’m not saying it’s not worth a shot. Just that I doubt it will be effective.

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        Honestly, I think the best option is a drone with a can of spray paint. Just make sure you mount the can in such a way that the downwash from the rotors doesn’t throw off your aim.

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    16 hours ago

    Point the cameras at pets. Problem solved?

    Make the pets input stuff into AI. The AI then “helps” send data to FLOCk