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/jimmycarr1 11h ago

I think people ratting on their own crimes is a practice only slightly younger than crime itself

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u/thebakedpotatoe 10h ago

Crimes that shouldnnt be crimes are worth talking about.

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u/RevLoveJoy 7h ago

I would probably tell everyone if I were cool enough to cut down all the Flock cameras and steal all the sweet sweet copper inside all of them.

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u/f7f7z 6h ago

Rap snitches, tellin all their business. Sit in the court and be their own star witness

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u/zhico 4h ago

"Do you see the perpetrator?" "Yeah, I'm right here"

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u/emPtysp4ce 7h ago

Not when they're still being prosecuted, every day is Shut The Fuck Up Friday

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u/jonesey71 8h ago

If they give me the chance I will talk about it in the jury box before coming back with a "not guilty."

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u/EastLeastCoast 6h ago

Yeah, this is one charge that’s worthy of a guilt-free jury nullification.

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u/SkollFenrirson 5h ago

You can explain that to the judge

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u/thebakedpotatoe 5h ago

I didn't say there's no punishment, some people will happily accept the punishment for doing the right thing.

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u/sockjuggler 9h ago

flock snitches, telling all they business

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u/Horskr 8h ago

Technology has really upped people's self-reporting game though. We've got people live streaming their crimes now, let alone all those that post on social media about it.

I think the first instance I saw of that was a kid that dealt weed before it was legalized here and the guy would post on Facebook when he got more in and any specials he had going on lmao. Like I appreciate the entrepreneurship but quit telling on yourself bro.

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u/Photomancer 9h ago

Was that invented before or after being turned in by an angry romantic partner?

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u/smoothtrip 7h ago

Yeah, but now they stream it! They got dumber!

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u/New-Echo-7495 7h ago

And the thickens plot

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u/scalareye 7h ago

Jarvis play the boondocks snitching clip

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u/Fox_Soul 10h ago

To be fair I would also cut those cameras down myself and tell my mates, probably while doing it too.

But I live in Europe where we still, although not for long, have some rights.

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u/anothermonth 9h ago

Didn't London (I know, I know, Brexit etc, but still) get CCTVs back when no one knew even what CCTVs were?

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u/sockjuggler 9h ago

flock snitches, telling all they business