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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 minutes ago
[–] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

How would I go about finding a Flock camera?

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 hour ago
[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 hours ago

Heartwarming.

[–] mrpollo@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Good. We need to teach these pigs a lesson

[–] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 16 minutes ago

The fun part is that these cameras are not owned, operated or property of your local jurisdiction. They are hardware/software as a service. IANAL, but I think Flock would have to sue you.

I have not personally de-flocked anything, but my local area doesn't have any that aren't tied to a business parking lot.

If some show up, I can't imagine a 5 minute walk with a hat, face mask and a can of spraypaint wouldn't be sufficient to disable one without risk. Might need a stool.

[–] pir8t0x@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago

Oh, Great news!

[–] cohete@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You most definatly shouldent make a cell phone app that you can put in front of the camera that just cycles through random plates and includes copies of conststution. I wonder if you can do 10 per second. 36000 per hour all day long.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 58 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Fun fact: lots of them have exposed cables that should not be cut with a long arm pruning pole found in your grandmother's shed.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 18 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

Another thing you should never ever do: mix paint and dot3 in a handheld pressurized garden poison sprayer.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

What would brake fluid do?

[–] hector@lemmy.today 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Be aware brake fluid is like antifreeze, it tastes good to animals if they don't put bad taste in it, and kills them.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

They're dying for an honorable cause. /s

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why shouldn't dot3 mixed with paint? Just so I know why to avoid it.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

guessing because it goes through the sprayer

[–] SubUrbanIT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Thins the paint's viscosity down maybe?

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 28 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I just learned HGTV has a Jan 7 2026 show called "Neighborhood Watch". It's like America's Funniest Home Videos, but it's all doorbell/security cameras. User-submitted, I think. I absolutely refuse to believe this was a casual idea from HGTV as they struggle to maintain viewership. There's no way this isn't funded by one of these companies, meant to continue making everyone comfortable with constant surveillance and increasing the desire to have constant recording devices to catch these one-off comedic moments.

Tagline: "Everywhere you go, cameras are recording. Your neighbors are watching."

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 45 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck centralized surveillance.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (7 children)

I would like to have a brief discussion with whoever downvoted you.

[–] Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc 5 points 14 hours ago

I think it was accidental.

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[–] Safetyshaft@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago
[–] caboose2006@lemmy.world 15 points 20 hours ago

Benn Jordan has done great videos on this stuff

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