who@feddit.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFlock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone camerasarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down12cross-posted to: arstechnica_index@ibbit.at
arrow-up1335arrow-down1external-linkFlock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone camerasarstechnica.comwho@feddit.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: arstechnica_index@ibbit.at
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·2 days agoSee the problem there is that it doesn’t scale. You can only take down so many cameras. Now if you convince the local scrappers that the things are full of copper…
minus-squaretornavish@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoWell, don’t sell yourself short—one camera per person destroys them all. It’s gotta start somewhere. I’m sure those cameras would probably resell somewhere. Sell them back to flock 🙃
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoAs I was driving around today, I was thinking how an organized trend to destroy or disable them would make them economically inefficient very quickly. I’m no maniac driver, but I hate having to drive around paranoid that I’m going to get a ticket for going 5 mph too fast.
minus-squaretornavish@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoWell, those might not even be flock camera! But they definitely scan your plate and keep that data forever.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 days agoSure. If all you can do is steal one camera, then steal one camera. But… Steal one camera, stop surveillance for a day. But teach a cracky to steal cameras for cash, stop surveillance for a generation.
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days ago“Genious Gray Hat creates open-source software to repurpose second-hand flock cameras for personal use; Flock cameras start flooding Craigslist and eBay”
See the problem there is that it doesn’t scale. You can only take down so many cameras.
Now if you convince the local scrappers that the things are full of copper…
Well, don’t sell yourself short—one camera per person destroys them all. It’s gotta start somewhere.
I’m sure those cameras would probably resell somewhere. Sell them back to flock 🙃
As I was driving around today, I was thinking how an organized trend to destroy or disable them would make them economically inefficient very quickly.
I’m no maniac driver, but I hate having to drive around paranoid that I’m going to get a ticket for going 5 mph too fast.
Well, those might not even be flock camera! But they definitely scan your plate and keep that data forever.
Sure. If all you can do is steal one camera, then steal one camera.
But…
Steal one camera, stop surveillance for a day. But teach a cracky to steal cameras for cash, stop surveillance for a generation.
Haha cracky 😂
Made me lol, too!
“Genious Gray Hat creates open-source software to repurpose second-hand flock cameras for personal use; Flock cameras start flooding Craigslist and eBay”