Auburn California Flock Surveillance Cameras Stolen and Dumped in a Canal

https://www.gadgetreview.com/auburn-california-flock-surveillance-cameras-stolen-and-dumped-in-a-canal

by 01-_- • 12 days ago

50 16 12 days ago

Ugh, it’s so disappointing to see incompetence. Flock could understand that they’re vulnerable to “just cut the pole down” and thus made the cameras easy to remove because that’s cheaper and because it doesn’t result in people cutting down municipal infrastructure, but the reporting fails to consider that possibility. And the people that did this getting their faces caught on the literal cameras they’re taking down is just chef’s kiss stupidity on a platter. I do enjoy the irony of Flock cameras being relegated to the same ‘nuisance litter’ category as those scooters, though :)

KetoManx64• 12 days ago

Suspects were captured on camera footage before destroying the devices, yet remain unidentified publicly.

Not sure where you got "faces"

altairprime2• 12 days ago

Wait, seriously, they claimed “footage of some disguised people” as relevant? They .. Ugh, I misread, thanks

Simulacra2• 12 days ago

Don't think they were mate.

boston_clone• 12 days ago

My favorite part of the article is a sentence of almost soft encouragement to other privacy-minded vigilantes:

These units sit on open roadside poles — reachable, visible, and currently without any publicly announced tamper-resistance plan.

Direct action rocks!

Simulacra2• 12 days ago

Seriously: I'm actually surprised that more of these have not been attacked for their resources. As I understand it, 2 pounds of copper and 2 GB of RAM.

mindslight• 12 days ago

"Engaged citizens confiscate and dispose of paraphernalia used by creepy stalkers"

exabrial• 12 days ago

Pole-mounted Flock cameras lack tamper-resistance, exposing a critical design vulnerability municipalities must address.

How about fuck no they don't.

K0balt• 12 days ago

Need to make a device specialized for breaking these things. An industrial vibratory device might work pretty good, especially if it had seeepable speed. Just hit the harmonic and the devices will be destroyed in a jif.

doublesocket• 12 days ago

Shouldn't a sufficiently powerful laser be able to cook the sensor quickly and easily?

nameless912• 12 days ago

You can buy very powerful handheld green laser pointers on Amazon for around 20 bucks. You absolutely shouldn't shine one into a camera sensor, ever. It says so on the box!

m4632• 12 days ago

I remember when speed cameras first became popular in europe. People would ride up on motorcycles, throw a tires over them and set them on fire.

I don't think vigilantes should go setting things on fire, but I also think corporate surveillance is way beyond unethical. Will we ever get a balance? Are individual rights a lost cause?

SR2Z• 11 days ago

Why are you calling this corporate surveillance? These cameras are installed on the government's orders for the government's use.

It's way more nefarious this way!

forestry• 12 days ago

Love it.

glaslong• 12 days ago

oh no, I hope the canal's ok

m4632• 12 days ago

uncertain, we've lost our feed.

Auburn California Flock Surveillance Cameras Stolen and Dumped in a Canal

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