Regretful cities aren’t sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

  • vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    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.

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        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.

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        2 hours ago

        I would have bit of extra respect for a youtuber breaking down to get the precious metals out of specifically flok cameras

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    2 hours ago

    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)

    • Pika@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      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.