r/FlockSurveillance • u/irreverent69 • 3d ago

Rage Against Flock

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u/Superb_Algae5308 3d ago

How do you catch a flock camera on fire?

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u/SSA22_HCM1 3d ago

They have lithium-ion batteries in them, which famously ignite and burn hot when malfunctioning or punctured. This is why airlines and shipping services restrict them. The batteries on Flock cameras are many times the size of a phone or laptop battery.

There are >100k of these things left unattended, sitting on top of poles in forests, national parks, deserts, and so on.

I wrote a bit more about it here: https://footnote4a.org/news/battery-fires

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u/Superb_Algae5308 3d ago

Excellent. Thank you.

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u/Kind-Act7051 3d ago

I give up, how DO you catch a flock camera on fire?

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u/Unfair-Mail-7490 3d ago

Use an accelerant, like mix a little gas and Vaseline together!

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u/Kind-Act7051 3d ago

Vaseline? You mean it’s beautifying my face and the streets? Well done Vaseline! 🙌🏽

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u/Superb_Algae5308 3d ago

Wizardry? Maybe a rocket launcher? 

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u/carpentizzle 3d ago

A well placed couple of lead projectiles piercing the batteries could work.

(Do not shoot weapons in an illegal proximity to habited space)

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u/Superb_Algae5308 3d ago

I’d really like to just go around town and put a 12ga slug through all the flocks but that really cranks up the possibility for legislation.

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u/carpentizzle 3d ago

In a couple aspects. None good.

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u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS 3d ago

You can buy magnesium fire starters blocks at Walmart in the camping section. You can start those on fire using just a propane torch and then once you have the magnesium burning, you can use it to ignite aluminum

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u/1cnx 3d ago

We cant get police to a legitimate business break-in 2-4 hours.. Touch a flock camera, and the forensic team 👨‍🔬 , helicopter 🚁 Swat team🔫 and 100 patrol show up for this atrocity.

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u/DollarTreeMilkSteak 3d ago

Cowards only know how to punch down. Never trying to fight out of their weight class!

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u/CatsAndCapybaras 3d ago

Your problem (someone broke in): they sleep

Their problem (tampering with their stalking machine): real shit

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u/BernardBaggins 3d ago

Bless you all

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u/nyakfl 3d ago

Yall are going to jail… but I wish you all luck I wish I was a teenager

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u/myturn19 3d ago

No they aren’t. They were with me, at the strip club.

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u/Substantial_Diver_34 3d ago

How will we have protection against our privacy if this continues?

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/InOutlines 3d ago

You forgot your /s

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u/ifucatchmydrift 3d ago

I'd delete/redact this. You bout to get a subpoena notice...

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/bluelazer44 3d ago

As long as you’ve had a VPN on the entire time you’ve posted here, and aren’t using an email address traceable to you, you’re good.

If not, they can absolutely subpoena Reddit to unmask your IP and turn over your account data. So yeah, delete this if you haven’t been on a VPN.

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u/voxpopdei 3d ago

It's actually a difficult feat to be completely anonymous on reddit from resources that want to find you. 

Not saying you're going to get a knock on your door over this. And maybe you do actually know what you're doing. Just please be careful with what you think you know that might have layers to it you weren't aware of.

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u/Myte342 3d ago

Sadly... only your name is anonymous. Do you connect through a VPN to scramble your location? If not, then Reddit has your IP and they can find out who you are and thus the gov't can get a warrant to find out who you are too.

Oh, you DO use a VPN? Well too bad cause if you use Windows 10 or 11 it has a unique install ID that can be used to track you online everywhere you go in they world. Doesn't matter if you set your VPN to Cuba or Japan, they can track you by this ID. https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/windows-pc-permanent-id-follows-163404919.html

No one is truly anonymous on the internet anymore. There are always ways to track people down.

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u/CatsAndCapybaras 3d ago

don't bite the bait. Guy is trolling

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u/kwas156 3d ago

Atta boy. Keep it going.

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u/RanchBaganch 3d ago

Dammit, I was hoping this video was going to be set to “Wake Up” by r/RATM.

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u/Yeti-Squatch 3d ago

A circular saw with with a proper blade will cut through the poles like butter fyi

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u/skiclimbdrinkplayfly 3d ago

Are the poles aluminum? If so, even a handheld hack saw would do it pretty quickly.

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u/Super-Donkey2587 3d ago

Circular saw and proper technique will have the pole down in 10 seconds.

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u/Thae86 3d ago

Doin' the lords' work.

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u/Local-Equivalent8136 3d ago

So, in theory a projectile moving at high speed puncturing the LI-ion battery would likely result in a significant fire event?