Destroying the tools of oppression is a duty we owe to all our fellow beings.
Also, hi there fed. I know you’re reading this. The oppression of your fellows is a choice you make every day. I hope you reconsider the path you are on. It’s not too late to do better.
If their oath meant anything to them, then they’d be going after one big fat domestic threat.
The workers put up the flock cameras, the workers tear down the flock cameras, the workers get paid for the metal from the flock cameras, and to reinstall flock cameras.
We’ve found a new economy. Make it happen.
These are activists, not vigilantes.
The vigilantes are the KKK that attack people.
These people are activists doing direct action to protect people of surveillance tech.
Wow that is so sad that people would destruct important infrastructure like that. How do they do it, exactly? How do they evade their surveillance? God, it’s a right shame, all this vandalism. What tools, precisely, can enable one to just break the flock cameras? A right shame. Are the risks high to get caught?
Aye, that’s the part that really worries me. Even evading JUST the flock camera isn’t enough. How many people have now contributed to the surveillance network, ring? How many non-flock cameras are out there that the government can access? I mentioned this in another flock post about how I became aware of license plate readers on the major roads five or more years ago, and police putting out license plate readers hidden in the speed displays a decade ago.
I know of the flock cameras near me, but even getting to them would be a minefield of other surveillance, and now there was that post the other day about law enforcement agencies getting waivers to do automated drone flybys/surveillance. Jesus fucking christ this surveillance state shit is bullshit.
Well, unfortunately they aren’t bringing cell phones with them, making them harder to track.
Also they’re using OSM to find where the cameras aren’t, and blinding the ones on the edges with spray paint, and then working inwards.
I’m afraid they’ll start using autonomous drones with black spray paint. That’ll cause real havoc on this network
It’s God’s work, we all know this
Flock, based in Georgia and valued at $8.4bn, says its cameras scan license plates billions of times each month in about 6,000 communities in nearly every state in the US.
Georgia. Of course.
He wrote on a GoFundMe created to pay for legal expenses: “I will take the silver lining that this can be a catalyst in a bigger movement to roll back intrusive surveillance.”
He should move that fundraiser to givesendgo or elsewhere, immediately, based on GoFundMe TOS.
Flock did not comment on vigilantes knocking out its cameras but did publish a blogpost in mid-July about helping government agencies respond if a camera is damaged.
“We’ve planned for it,” the company wrote, adding that protection plans are available for purchase.
😲 J/k
Law enforcement is aware of the backlash and responding. Dozens of state fusion centers – collaborative hubs where federal and local agencies share intelligence about crime and terrorism – circulated memos across law enforcement agencies this summer directing officers to monitor anti-Flock advocacy as part of a directive to protect national security, according to reporting from journalist Dan Boguslaw. One report Boguslaw obtained from a Wisconsin intelligence agency calls for increased vigilance and patrols during protests and events such as a “national week of action” in mid-August. That intelligence digest also advised local law enforcement to report “vandalism, disruption or sabotage” of ALPRs to fusion centers.
its not all its scanning, they also for things like stickers, cell phoen signals, or whatever signals your car puts out. it has been use to profile people.
Boguslaw
I know, I giggled. Apropos.
It’s Slavic, btw.
Literally meaning “Glory to God”.
Agree but Im not going to wait. Donated and glad to see he’s doing well. Hope he goes in tour to a city near me. Fuck surveillance.
Heros, every one of them.
Feeling inspired by this
What kind of saw are they using? Just saw tooth curious
Would be funny to emit lots of random info close to those cameras, like if you were many different people walking by…
Drown them in errors.
Like get an inexpensive tablet and mount it in view of the cameras and have it cycle through:
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Random plate numbers in the “license plate” font just to mess with their database?
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Police license plates?
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State politicians license plates?
And change identifiers + try to connect to wifi, 4g …
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they’ve started hiding them in street lights now 🫠
