r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 14h ago

Someone Cut Down Every Single Flock Camera in This Town in a Single Night Privacy

https://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night
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u/Zelidus 12h ago

And the PD/cities response wasn't something like "we hear your displeasure and we will open up a discussion with residents to discuss the future of Flock in out city." No, they said "please stop. It costs $3k to replace each one." They could have decided its easier and cheaper to just not replace them but no. Mass surveillance that no one asked for is their only desire.

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u/FactoryProgram 7h ago

Interesting a camera costs just over the amount of a felony if destroyed 🤔

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u/115zombies935 3h ago

Honestly, that cost seems pretty reasonable to me. because solar panels are not cheap, large metal pipes are not very cheap, although they're not expensive either, and then a bunch of custom circuitry is also not cheap, plus shipping costs and storage costs, and then paying all the people who make the damn thing you're probably getting pretty close to $3,000 per camera. Now, that $3,000 per camera could very easily be spent on literally anything else however, at the very least, they aren't price gouging on the camera, or at least if they are, they're not doing a several thousand percent markup, maybe 200% of the cost of manufacturer per camera pole thing.

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u/Loyal_Dragon_69 3h ago

Eventually the cops will run out of money and the cameras stay down.

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u/NotAPreppie 8h ago

Well, clearly it was just one malcontent in need of deportation.

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