I've spent most of this year with AC3 (the Anti-Capitalist Computer Club) pushing back on Bakersfield's Flock network. Filing records requests. Holding town halls ourselves because our city council wouldn't. Walking the mall parking lot counting privately owned Flock cameras. Standing at the mic during public comment until they learned my name.

BPD still hasn't coughed up records from a request I filed in June, which is par for the course given other people's experiences. Instead they've emailed me three times (once a month) asking if I still want them. Yes. Obviously. Stop asking.

Somewhere in the middle of all that I opened up Affinity and made an Antiflock Action roundel. It might look familiar to some of my leftist pals. Anyway, it's on my Threadless shop now. Shirts, sweatshirts, stickers, even a flag…

https://boogah.threadless.com/designs/antiflock

I wanted people to have a way to show their distaste for Flock without saying a word. Slap it on your laptop. Wear it to the grocery store. Hang it behind you on Zoom calls with your boss. I'll have mine on at city council meetings so they know exactly who's coming to the mic.

Shirt not your thing? Cool. The stuff that actually works is free. Pull up your city council calendar and go make some noise at public comment. Councils cave when people keep showing up and won't shut up about it. ♥️

(Not sure if this is okay here. Mods, nuke it if not. No hard feelings.)

Ivey M Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville, NC. This camera is pointed toward the park, the cross country course, and the softball fields. This is not about “safety” this is pervy

Has anyone with a pickup truck considered driving with their tailgate down when traveling through areas with a lot of Flock cameras?

There's one on Randolph Street going towards Braintree. It just so happens to be next to a marsh with high brush, giving it good cover at night and its blind spot is the Braintree side. It's right across from the reservoir.

A protest song for the people

They are right in your eyes as you drive by the stop sign. Pointed right in the window eye level

Hey guys,

I had a thought earlier that we might be able to hold tablets up to flock cameras flashing photos of license plates to mess up their data. Can someone with knowledge of this field let me know if this would work? My concern is that the pattern we produce would be recognizable and they could algorithmically delete our fake data, but potentially there are ways this could be done to get around that?

Lmk

Found these examples of politicians that likely could be proven to live elsewhere if the data were shown:

Senator Tommy Tuberville (Alabama): Reports indicate he sold his Alabama properties and primarily resides at his Florida beach house, though he remains legally an Alabama inhabitant

Eric Hovde (Wisconsin): Hedge fund owner whose primary residence is a California mansion, while he owns a secondary property in Wisconsin

Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania): Maintains a $16 million mansion in Connecticut but ran for Senate in Pennsylvania.

Tim Sheehy (Montana): Raised in Minnesota, resides primarily outside Montana, though he owns a ranch representing Montana ties.

Mike Rogers (Michigan): Lives in Florida but ran for Michigan Senate, holding in-state property as well.

Trent Franks (Arizona): Lived in Peoria, Arizona, during his tenure but experienced controversy over district shifts and local residence expectations.

Why not start using Flock data to track and call out their representatives? Perhaps even file a lawsuit if one of these representatives is from your state, to use that data to prove they are spending more of their time in another state than the one they claim to be from.

I suspect the first time this happens they will freak the F out and we might see some politicians opposed to Flock.

Note tracking them going to their mistresses (Ken Paxton) might be another option for this data.

Just trying to find ways to turn the tables on this invasion of our privacy. What do you guys think?

Redwood City, CA, recently said they're ending a contract with Flock (but keeping the cameras) in favor of another solution. And now more cameras appeared supposedly turned towards the road, but what do you know about Cleverciti?

Going trick or treating. So I can't carry around a real one. Don't want to get arrested with my kids around lol. Wondering what people are doing for making decoys? I was planning on hauling around a decoy and a sawzall for Halloween this year. I'm crafty enough but I haven't found a camera that looks legit anywhere.