People can sense the system is rigged against them. They may blame different parties, policies, races, etc. But there is a lot of anger in the air. The US is quickly becoming a polarized powder keg more so than I can remember at any time in my life.
Flock cameras and AI are seen as tools of those whom they blame (rightfully so). It’s a rare physical manifestation of this rigged system that is pointed directly at you as you go about your life.
If we as a society were really against surveillance there would be a huge movement against Ring doorbells, microphones in TVs, our phones recording us, etc. But those devices are mundane and we interact with them. Which puts people at ease and placates the majority of people.
Flock has none of that, it’s a symbol of oppression from a system that wants to control us.
Fun fact you should share with everyone, there’s as much platinum in a flock camera as there is in a catalytic converter.
Awareness, the “I have nothing to hide” types slowly awakened (I used to be one of them), false arrests, etc.
I thought it was interesting that even in the most rural parts of Cali, I saw anti-flock billboards up along the 99 this weekend. It’s quite a unifying factor here.
Here in South Africa, they’re rolling out similar surveillance infrastructure.
Not as advanced as flock, but invasive enough. Protected by “but, crime”. Backlash isn’t widespread enough yet.
It’s called Vumacam. Their CEO is literally called Richard Croock. Dick Crook is meant to help stop crime in South Africa. Fucking kak movie.
The country is going through a brutal energy crisis, but no, it’s okay we can leave the cameras and the data processing centres on because they solve a negligible amount of crime, sometimes.
I can ramble on about this, but I just want to say, if it means anything, that I am proud of you Americans standing up to this bullshit. Sometimes using those things as literal target practice. Gives me hope in humanity.
It reflects overall anger at a system that uses faceless, soulless tools of mass surveillance and oppression, EXPLICITLY to our detriment.
In practice, all this surveillance and tracking bullshit will NEVER be used to assist you. And they stole our fucking money to build the system while suppressing our wages
They stole our content too.
I just feel like posting this completely unrelated story on every automated traffic camera thread, I can’t understand why I feel this compulsion.
https://cybernews.com/editorial/israel-hacked-iran-traffic-cameras-us-war/
Leave up the cameras in DC!
We’re tired of all the bullshit in a system that seeks to bleed us dry at every turn.
I wish we’d seen the same outcry from the patriot act, flock is just a money grab, FT Meade already knows EVERYTHING about you
Are you guys seeing this? In my locale I see no protests, bumper stickers, local news coverage, nothing. Just more and more cameras coming up. I used to drive by four, now drive by six on way to work.
Have to ever been to a meeting of your local council? Have to gone door to door to talk to your neighbors about it? It took years of effort to remove them here.
“The revolution will not be televised.” The people responsible for putting the cameras in will do everything they can to make you feel powerless and isolated, especially suppressing information about rebellions.
Rupet Murdock controls most TV stations, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, news websites, and “news” YouTube channels.
You will not see anything on the news about people organising or fighting back against the system he’s worked so hard to create.I’d pee myself with excitement if I saw one of these heavily vandalized. It’s a good point you make though.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
A cheap harbor freight reciprocating saw with a good blade is all you need.
And know how to use one. I’ve seen a few videos now of people comparing cutting tools and using a reciprocating saw wrong. This is how to use one properly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fpKaYRjAvU
This Halloween, deflock america. Masked up and out with power tools.
I’d pee myself with excrement if I could mash it into some sort of putty to vandalize one of these.
The Flock cameras at my local Home Depot (which I like to call “Flock Depot”) were cut right off of the poles a few weeks ago.
I live in the Puget Sound area though, where people are more willing to take some sort of action
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Halloween night is coming up: the one night of the year where it isn’t suspicious at all to walk around with a full face mask. Put on a generic, common costume with a full face mask. Leave your phone at home (these things track nearby phones). Take down a camera or two yourself. Tell NOBODY what you did. It only takes a few people doing that in each town to bring down a massive number of cameras.
Start chopping them down, or destroying them by some means
If you don’t already have the requisite equipment, be sure to leave the local area to purchase it, pay cash, and obscure your face (also make sure that they can’t track you to the store specifically, use a flock map, a bike might be more prudent than a car depending on the scenario.
I’m thankful there doesn’t seem to be any in Canada yet so not really
I’ve seen posters taped up under the cameras, but I also see more cameras.
I’ve seen yard signs related to data center push back near me. It’s anecdotal, but I’ve heard others speak about the cameras around here in negative ways (it was at a haircut!). It seems subdued, but I suspect there’s much more on people’s minds, they just aren’t letting it be known.
It’s the abundant precious metals that can be found in Flock cameras. Gold, copper, I’ve heard there might be diamonds in them. Only one way to find out.
They’ve for as much platinum in them as a catalytic converter.
Why the Flock
the new meaning of the abbr. WTF
🙂
They are mostly coming down in my wider area, though some towns looking to replace with something else.
Nearby bigger more toursty town just put them up and everyone is super pissed.
Also have found some in the middle of nowhere, like next to farm fields on relatively busy country roads that have minimal incidents. What justification they can come up with other than just tracking people, who knows, but at best its lazy law enforcement for traffic, so still not popular. And very obviously new.
The criminals don’t want to be surveilled in public places. They want to get away with murder.
Fuck off
How do them boots taste, peon?
If it really is just about catching criminals they should make the streams public. They won’t because it becomes obvious why it’s an issue.
Get out of here man, lol.
To be this fearful of false narratives is to be anti-American imo.
