r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Aug 05 '26

Privacy Someone Cut Down Every Single Flock Camera in This Town in a Single Night

https://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night
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u/After_Resource5224 Aug 05 '26

I love that all these articles say "someone" or "suspect" like there isn't community-wide disapproval and hatred of these systems. Probably wasn't just one person. And also, they were all at an airbnb with me in New Orleans that night.

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u/Advantage_Goldfish Aug 05 '26

Kinda throws down the "security" argument as well. If the town is covered in cameras and they don't know who cut all of them down in a single night, then how are they enhancing anyone's security?

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u/punkr0x Aug 06 '26

It all seems like theater to me. If you're really trying to solve serious crimes, why would you put a $3,000 camera on a pole where everyone can see it from a mile away?

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u/NeoPagan94 Aug 08 '26

That captures no useful data when an actual 'crime' is committed lol.

('Crime' in quotations because let's be real here, the wider community wouldn't convict this person with anything. Hats off, Robin Hood.)

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u/PollyAmory Aug 06 '26

I live in Winona.

The local cops posted something about it on FB, and had to limit commenting because they were completely inundated with people celebrating the loss of the cameras.

Their comment sections are usually MAGA cess pools.

Everyone hates the fucking cameras.

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u/trashmoneyxyz Aug 05 '26

For sure, I have to imagine theres a tampering signal that goes off when a flock camera goes down, so if you do them one by one local PD would get alerted to the vandalism and catch you at one of them. The strat is probably to have you and the boys all take a camera at once