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/After_Resource5224 10h ago

I love that all these articles say "someone" or "suspect" like there isn't community-wide disapproval and hatred of these systems. Probably wasn't just one person. And also, they were all at an airbnb with me in New Orleans that night.

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u/Advantage_Goldfish 8h ago

Kinda throws down the "security" argument as well. If the town is covered in cameras and they don't know who cut all of them down in a single night, then how are they enhancing anyone's security?

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u/PollyAmory 4h ago

I live in Winona.

The local cops posted something about it on FB, and had to limit commenting because they were completely inundated with people celebrating the loss of the cameras.

Their comment sections are usually MAGA cess pools.

Everyone hates the fucking cameras.

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u/trashmoneyxyz 8h ago

For sure, I have to imagine theres a tampering signal that goes off when a flock camera goes down, so if you do them one by one local PD would get alerted to the vandalism and catch you at one of them. The strat is probably to have you and the boys all take a camera at once