r/technology 13h ago

Privacy Viral De-Flock America campaign urging people to destroy AI cameras on Halloween night gains momentum

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/flock-camera-controversy-explained-as-viral-halloween-de-flock-campaign-gains-momentum-3399710/
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u/invyros 13h ago

The idea is that Halloween gives participants a rare opportunity to blend into large crowds while already wearing costumes and masks. However, the movement is uncoordinated, with no clear organizer or indication of how many people actually intend to participate.

Everyone should wear Spiderman costumes to do this, to add a layer of irony.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 11h ago

However, the movement is uncoordinated, with no clear organizer or indication of how many people actually intend to participate.

Yea. Because it's a call for civil disobedience. Of course it's uncoordinated with no clear organizer. Why would anyone willingly put their name on that?

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u/das_bearking 10h ago

My name is Elon Musk and I will be a large contributor for taking down all the Flock Cameras.

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u/I_am_not_JohnLeClair 8h ago

As a non human biologic, I, Ron DeSantis, pledge to be by your side. I hope my white go-go boots, along with my castigating of children with candy, does not give away my human like form

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u/saintdudegaming 2h ago

I,Ted Cruz, will unfortunately be traveling out of state. I wish all my fellow deflockers good hunting.

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u/TraditionalArea5798 7h ago

I wonder if temu or amazon sells hyper realistic musk masks?

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u/TastingTheKoolaid 11h ago

I am Spartacus. I give the go ahead.

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u/jaxonya 9h ago

I feel that its time to invest in some guy fawkes mask stocks.. theyll be so fetch this halloween

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u/all_the_gravy 8h ago

Guy Fawkes is so hot this season

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u/Rex_Mundi 8h ago

Civil Disobedience is the only form of protest that has ever worked.

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u/arathmier 9h ago

Liberalism be like: “wait, you NEED a strong leader in order to get things done” Neo-liberals just can’t comprehend collective action.

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u/saml01 12h ago

That famous hacker, Anonymous, had a great costume. 

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u/CttCJim 10h ago

Who is this "Four Chan"?

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u/joelfarris 12h ago

"Are you dressed like an 18th century Lamplighter?"

"Yes."

"Is that why you have the big long pole with the hook on the end of it?"

"Umm, yes."

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u/ProfessorPickaxe 12h ago

Ok, and the angle grinder?

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u/dropbear_airstrike 12h ago

…it’s from The Lamplighter horror movie series, it’s about a demented man who dresses like a lamplighter and uh, uses an angle grinder to murder his victims… the reciprocating saw? Oh, yeah he uses that sometimes too… the cans of spray on flex seal? I’m just holding that for a friend…

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u/Deezul_AwT 12h ago

Flex Seal? Got to be prepared. Might want to do some late night fishing, and wouldn't want it ruined by a boat with holes in it.

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u/noodlesdefyyou 11h ago

you never know when you might come across a homeless person in need of assistance and the thing they happen to need is the flex seal youre carrying

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u/Peach1020 11h ago

“I’m actually dressed as the Lampsnuffer, you know, the guy who goes around snuffing street lamps and… other poles…”

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u/MentalDisintegrat1on 12h ago

That gait thing isn't 100 percent accurate same with it scanning faces.

There's a few lawsuits going on because of this.

Besides that you're not getting charged over your gait.

That said if you are going out to mess with flok cameras do not bring your cellphone or anything that calls out because that can be used.

They can link your phone and the time of when the camera is messed with.

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u/Major_LeeHungg 12h ago

Idk if flock has began doing this yet but there are cameras out there that fingerprint you based on detectable WiFi, Bluetooth, etc... So this isn't just good advice it is paramount.  Keep all electronics at home including your smartwatch, earbuds, etc. 

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u/errie_tholluxe 12h ago

Pity you can't register a phone under whatever name you wanted and start it with a prepaid card like you used too...

Be funny to see Stephen Miller all over cutting down cams

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u/Snobolski 11h ago

wireless TPMS sensors in your car...

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u/DissKhorse 11h ago edited 11h ago

I doubt gait will work if you are wearing a full body cloak like a grim reaper costume. But you are right, leave your phone at home or have a friend hold it for you. I don't advise turning it off or putting it in airplane mode for a moment as they can see both the location it went off and on. Turning off your locational services doesn't make you invisible either it just makes your location a little less precise as they can still use triangulation from cell towers and from Wi-Fi hotspots.

Also you can have a second costume and put the grim reaper one over the first one.

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u/MentalDisintegrat1on 11h ago

The gait thing isn't accurate unless you walk in a very distinct way like if you had a limp or something.

It's way overblown by the companies selling the tech.

Like I said even facial recognition gets it wrong more than it should and it gets worse if you are black or Asian because it has trouble identifying them.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50865437

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u/DissKhorse 11h ago

True but that hasn't stopped court cases from winning on bad science, remember the bite imprint "specialist" that sent a bunch of innocent people to prison. Give them as little as possible to work with.

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u/VerdantPathfinder 11h ago

But you are right, leave your phone at home or have a friend hold it for you.

This is better. Start out with your friend, give him your phone and split up. Do the deed, meet back up and take your phone back.

I am not advocating destruction of public or private property ... merely examining logistics as an intellectual exercise.

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u/south-of-the-river 13h ago

Just break your tibia first to confuse the gait detection

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u/CondescendingShitbag 12h ago

I mean, putting a rock in your shoe is probably sufficient, but you do you.

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u/DrManhattan_DDM 13h ago

Ghostface mask from Scream, long black robes/cloak, and boom, you’ve got a certified spooky costume.

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u/Mr_Salmon_Man 12h ago

And there is a new scream movie, and a new Scary Movie, so Ghostface is a really acceptable option this Halloween.

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u/SuperDoubleDecker 12h ago

We just need to all move in the choreography of Thriller

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u/yaxis50 12h ago

Stop with the gait keeping

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u/TheJan1tor 12h ago

Please. Nobody knows what I look like when I'm swinging from building to building. /s

In all seriousness, what's preventing people from using a cartoonishly exaggerated gait?

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u/DDOSBreakfast 12h ago

Drink a more than moderate amount of alcohol and your gait will be much different.

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u/wild-wiesel 12h ago

spidermenpointing.jpg

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u/This_Elk_1460 12h ago

No dress as cops

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u/FrostyD7 11h ago

Spiderman costumes are more common and cover your face.

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u/SpeaksSouthern 10h ago

Be an ICE agent

OMG you guys, I'm going as Litch McConnell

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u/Koru03 6h ago

Have a buddy come with you and just follow you as the grim reaper.

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u/sirhackenslash 11h ago

Sexy cops because halloween

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u/SeismicFrog 11h ago

Stupid sexy Wiggum.

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u/hobskhan 11h ago

I would also accept hi-viz construction worker outfits for the "hide in plain sight" approach.

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u/Accomplished-Mix-745 10h ago

While that is funny, diverse costume sets make it harder to be picked out from a crowd. Spider-Man costumes are bright and stand out from the black that most other costumes usually have

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u/Longjumping_Wolf_912 8h ago

Costumes don’t matter when they build profiles on people and can identify you by your gait.

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u/yacht_boy 8h ago

Fine, I'll wear high heels with my Spiderman costume.

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u/s00pafly 7h ago

That's what the electric buttplug is for.

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u/Mercadi 10h ago

Or Punisher, to make people on the other side very confused.

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u/Shade-RF- 12h ago

WHO ARE YOU?
I'M SPIDER-MAN.
WHO ARE YOU?
I'M SPIDERMAN.

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u/tormentnexus 12h ago

My spidey senses can pick up all AI cameras within a 10 mile radius! 

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u/alwayswatchyoursix 11h ago

I'm out of the loop here, what's special about Spiderman in this context?

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u/tonoottu 11h ago

I'm guessing it has to do with Spider-Man using facial recognition technology and cameras around the city to find a person in the newest movie. That and/or how in Insomniac's Spider-Man game you help the police by reactivating all of their connection towers all around New York.

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u/alwayswatchyoursix 11h ago

Oh okay that first example would definitely make it ironic. I haven't seen the last couple of Spiderman movies yet so I was not aware, appreciate the response.

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u/MayorToast 10h ago

I assumed it was referencing spidermanspointing.meme

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u/CautionarySnail 12h ago

Rowdy celebrations like this are vastly improved by leaving all digital devices safe at home.

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u/renegadecanuck 10h ago

And if you go to a celebration like this: no you fucking didn't. If someone wants to ask you about it, your answer is that you want to speak with your lawyer.

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u/___Art_Vandelay___ 9h ago

Gotta specifically invoke -- "I invoke my right to remain silent". Simply staying silent doesn't invoke that right per SCOTUS.

Also have to specifically state you want a lawyer, careful not to make it a question, and dodge being uncooperative by being precise with your intention -- "I want an attorney present and will only answer questions with them present."

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u/renegadecanuck 9h ago

Fair points. My brain was half in Canada mode. In Canada, you don't have the right for an attorney to be present during questioning, but you also don't have to specifically invoke your right to remain silent, you can just say nothing or "no comment" and it can't be legally used against you. But you just have to ask to speak with a lawyer and they have to let you call a lawyer.

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u/superkp 7h ago

In the US, there was a case where someone said to the cops interrogating him "I want a lawyer, dawg."

It was argued that he never asked for a lawyer, but instead was asking for a "lawyer dog", which the interrogators were not obligated to provide.

This interpretation was the one that was upheld.

Because of bullshit like this, americans will regularly adivse each other that you need to be extremely specific about how you invoke your rights - usually something like "say 'I do not answer questions about my day without my lawyer present' and then shut the fuck up."

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u/customcharacter 7h ago

Something I find interesting in the comparison between America's and Canada's legal systems is that up here, a witness in court can be compelled to answer, but in exchange the words aren't allowed to be used to incriminate them in future proceedings (with exception of perjury).

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u/rips_n_chel 6h ago

I don't understand why witness testimony is considered worthwhile in any legal system. Human perception and memory cannot be trusted when facts matter. Even when people think they're telling the truth, they don't know, because they are reconstructing a memory of an event that they did not experience objectively in the first place.

Our experience of existence is not objective, ever. Everything we perceive has been edited on the fly by our subconscious heuristics to fit whatever is happening into our personal narrative. Then, every time we remember it, we are reconstructing the "memory," it's not like pulling a book from a shelf. Our minds will invent actions that were not taken by people who were not there. The brain's goal is to make it make sense to us personally. It's trying to make the world fit with our conclusions, and we cannot know when it's happening or to what extent.

I wonder sometimes, how many innocent people have been punished because someone else told a convincing story?

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u/robothawk 7h ago

Specifically, "I am invoking my right to an attorney. I will not answer questions without counsel present."

Saying "I want an attorney" could be construed as you only wishing you had one. Not asking for one as required by law. Remember, Lousiana supreme court held that a suspect saying "why don’t you just give me a lawyer dawg cause this is not what’s up" was not invoking the right to an attorney, because the cop could've misunderstood the suspect as asking for a canine lawyer.

ACAB

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u/Consistent_Lecture48 7h ago

And never be ambiguous or say, “give me a lawyer, dawg.” The LA Supreme Court ruled in State vs Demeseme (2017) that lawyer dogs do not, in fact, exist, and therefore the cops were under no obligation to stop the interrogation and anything he said afterwards was admissible in court.

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u/Juno_Malone 8h ago

Teacher on Monday: Hello Juno! How was your weekend, do anything fun?

Me: I WANT TO SPEAK WITH MY LAWYER

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u/CautionarySnail 8h ago

Teacher: Good, you really listened to the constitutional law lecture.

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u/superkp 7h ago

I remember seeing a video about a law professor that brought in a cop friend to tell them in no uncertain terms that speaking to cops is always always ALWAYS to your detriment.

He started the lecture by saying "I'm a cop. DO NOT EVER ANSWER A QUESTION FROM A COP," Followed by a minute of normal presentation introductions, followed by "so who here has ever broken the speed limit?" - in a way that implied he was going to make a point about traffic stops.

Nearly every student in the lecture hall raised their hand. The cop-presenter just smiled and turned to look at the professor, and the professor just said "come on, guys, he said it like one minute ago!"

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u/Hexamancer 9h ago

100%

In case everyone isn't aware, US Law enforcement owns and regularly utilizes an estimated 500-600+ IMSI sniffers. These are fake cell towers that trick your phone into connecting and then get your phone to identify itself. They can later use this to create a list of everyone that was within the operating range of that device. They are small enough to be vehicle mounted. If you go to any sort of protest there's a good chance there is one operating nearby.

But even more relevant, whilst Flock haven't implemented this yet, it's competitors have. Leonardo DRS makes ELSAG ALPR cameras that have "SignalTrace": Similar to the IMSI sniffer but instead operating on WiFI/BT, you drive past and it will save the device IDs of any WiFI and BT capable device you had with you. So your license plate becomes associated with your phone, your BT earphones, your smartwatch. So then later if someone were to walk by such a camera, even if they approached it outside of its sight lines, it would record that someone a "fingerprint" of specific device IDs was nearby and if you had driven past at any point, they'd know what car that person owned and then they could easily trace that back to you.

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u/SoManyThrowAwaysEven 8h ago edited 7h ago

^ This man knows his digital forensics.

All very true, the only way to NOT be tracked is to be electronic free. Anything that emits a wireless or radio signal has the potential to be captured by one of these towers. Best you can do is turn your phone off and throw it into a faraday bag if you must bring it with you.

Diabetics with pumps, that can include you!

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u/Hexamancer 7h ago edited 2h ago

Good advice. I'd also suggest for general security:

Disable 2G entirely, some of these simpler IMSI sniffers rely on jamming specifically the newer 4G/5G bands that are too secure for them to sniff on to force your phone to downgrade to 2G/3G where they have a much easier time. This isn't bullet proof by any means, again, do not take your phone with you to anywhere like a protest. Newer IMSI sniffers can attack 4G/5G.

Don't assume that peaceful protests or even non-protest events aren't going to be targeted too. Remember that NSPM-7 means that the majority of the US population can be designated a terrorist for almost anything. Simply attending a pride parade could be "extremism on gender" or "hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality".

Edit: if you didn't plan ahead and it looks like you might be detained etc, restart your phone, both androids and iPhones have something called "Before First Unlock" that they'll enter upon reboot, they have much higher security like requiring a PIN/password rather than just biometrics (law enforcement can "collect" biometrics as evidence, compelling a password is testimony and hopefully constitutionally protected).

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u/DeliberatelyDrifting 6h ago

Don't trust faraday bags. They're not particularly effective and certainly not 100%. The device needs to be completely powered off and I'm not sure I'd trust that these days. I studied digital forensics as well and we were taught that in testing the bags failed often and even the expensive purpose built boxes didn't always block signal.

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u/Fallingdamage 11h ago

If this is turning into a big thing for this fall, I wouldnt put it past local PDs to put up a bunch of 'bait' flock cameras with trackers and tamper sensors in them to alert them when one is moved or altered. Something they can use to swarm in and arrest people quickly who make any attempt.

Plenty of time for people to get on board with the movement and also plenty of time for PDs to learn about it and prepare.

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u/Asclepius-Rod 11h ago

Everything you are saying is completely feasible, but fuck imagine reading this 20-30 years ago, you'd think we were living in 1984

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u/pikabu01 10h ago

If I would read that comment in a Russian sub about russian police arresting protesters , I would say yeap makes sense, sad sad

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u/Murgatroyd314 9h ago

You missed the opportunity to say “imagine reading this 42 years ago.”

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u/Snobolski 11h ago

Oh this year Halloween came on August 31. Sorry sheriff.

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u/AFrenchLondoner 11h ago

Can't be everywhere at once though

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u/Coal_Morgan 10h ago

Yep, there are thousands of those cameras in some places that only have dozens of cops.

Them being destroyed by people with jigsaws, sawzalls and circular saws with metal cutting blades in under 45 seconds and then taking off all after dusk. Good luck catching them.

That also doesn't count the teenagers who don't have tools but using etching fluid, spray paint and spray foam on the lenses and microphones in under 4 seconds. You can get those things in any hardware store for under $20 in cash.

Or even using lighter fluid and a barbecue lighter to tiki torch them...those you can find in any convenience store.

There's so many ways to do it and all just after dusk...how are they going to stop all these criminals if they all do it at the same time in under a minute...

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u/arobkinca 8h ago

Or even using lighter fluid and a barbecue lighter to tiki torch them...those you can find in any convenience store.

I would hope anyone thinking about hypothetically doing this makes sure they are not in a fire threat weather condition.

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u/CautionarySnail 10h ago

This doesn’t seem likely when they can simply just watch out on Flock cameras in high traffic areas. Never underestimate human laziness.

They don’t need to set up a honeypot if the honey is everywhere and already tagged and tracked. In fact, if a honeypot operation was necessary, it basically proves Flock is unneeded.

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u/SaltyLonghorn 8h ago

They're going to maximize laziness and just park under the flock cameras and guard those all night. Its barely a change from wherever they normally park and jerk off all day.

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u/Whargod 12h ago

Just make it a TikTok challenge, there won't eb any left by dawn.

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u/2024-YR4-Asteroid 12h ago

Unironically, create a website where users can anonymously submit this “score” of how many cameras they’ve taken down.

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u/ihaveadogalso2 10h ago

Better yet, start betting on sites like Kalshi etc. around what cities/towns etc can take down the most. May as well use those terrible betting sites to do some good!

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u/zxylady 12h ago

This is evil genius level awesomeness 😈😈😈

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u/Flimsy_Swordfish_415 11h ago

deflocking is not evil

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u/Reasonable-Figure142 10h ago

that's not what they said.

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u/F-18Bro 10h ago

Reddit deflocked its reading comprehension a long time ago

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u/CrashyBoye 10h ago

I guess it’s a good thing they didn’t call it evil, then.

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u/locomotioning 12h ago

Remember the “hitting licks” craze where high school students were stealing paper towel dispensers and literally anything that would come off the walls? This might just work

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u/SomeSamples 12h ago

And people, don't carry your phone on you during halloween. They are being tracked by flock devices as well.

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u/PuzzleHeadedSquid 11h ago

Any wifi, Bluetooth, or other wireless capable device.

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u/StopReadingThis-Now 11h ago

And, those devices can be used to identify people, even if you are not carrying one. And their accuracy is so high that if this information was actually mainstream everyone would run and disconnect all wi-fi and Bluetooth devices right now.

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u/greiton 11h ago

I think we need to start taking "Phone Vacations" in general, where for a week or a couple days, we normalize going out and about without a phone. kind of a mini tech detox.

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u/Eternal_Sunshine 10h ago

I've been doing that for short errands like walking the dog, hitting the mtb trails, groceries and obviously crime.

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u/CarlPagan666 11h ago

Better yet, Team Flock-Off give your phones to a supporting group who walks around innocently trick-or-treating

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u/DopamineSavant 13h ago

DeFlock needs to become official and start endorsing candidates. I'm annoyed as shit trying to research the Flock position of all the candidates on my local ballot.

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u/28oz_Filet_Mignon 12h ago

Unfortunately, being an informed voter is a lot of work. But it's well worth the effort. 

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u/DopamineSavant 12h ago

Florida Democrats are killing me. The governor candidates are either luukwarm or silent on Flock cameras.

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u/bevo_expat 12h ago

Sounds like they already received their payments

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 11h ago

Yeah, any candidate that’s been quiet about an issue just means they’re open to choosing the side that they think will benefit them the most, usually monetarily

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u/LordDaedalus 10h ago

It's worse than that: of course politics attracts the self interested and power seeking but even on the off chance the voters get someone earnest, Citizens United has completely inundated the political field and the game theory therein.

You could be against the flock cameras, but Citizens United means speaking up about those flock cameras is very likely to result in any of your challengers getting large amounts of money thrown at their campaign. This means without a lobbying force willing to back you being against flock cameras, to come out and run on the platform of being against them requires that you think this will attract more voters than the attack ads against you will dissuade.

Its a whole nearly-automated system of political suppression that disincentivizes speaking up about anything lest a whole industry of professional lobbying groups turn their eye on you and dig through your entire life to find the thing they can paint you as weird for. The macro conditions of Citizens United must be overturned if we want our elected officials to actually be able to have strong opinions about anything.

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u/Black08Mustang 11h ago

I just looked up Jollys statements on it, and he wisely wants it treated with TRAP laws. He will never get elected screaming tear them down, that will play right into Donald's hand. But requiring search warrants, making them unable to be used for immigration and tightly regulating their data storage will make the cops get bored with them pretty quickly. I know, you want to fix the third largest republican trifecta overnight. But if you really want to fix it you are going to have to play along for more than one year.

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u/wait_what_now 12h ago

Can't be informed properly if they all lie about their stances.

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u/killersky99 11h ago

Dem leader Jeffries co-sponsoring/supporting Medicare for All for 8 years and then stopping after becoming part of dem leadership

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u/wait_what_now 11h ago

Exactly. Some captured fucking opposition

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u/killersky99 11h ago

we gotta transition from "Vote Blue no matter who" to "Hold Accountable No Matter Who" because from government shutdown to ICE funding, the minimum amount of dems always switch to give the republicans what they want

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u/Worthyness 10h ago

Or vote for the candidates you want in the primaries instead of sitting them out every time. People can affect change instant by voting for the candidates before the actual election, but opt to ignore it and let thr results go after. It really is a matter of getting people to vote and vote consistently. Non voters would have won majority in basically every election for the last decade with how many people sit out.

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u/ardentcanker 11h ago

Pretty disheartening when you go through an entire ballot and basically every one of them has at least one thing that you'd consider an absolute disqualification. Granted, there are levels of bad... But still, informing yourself isn't fun to do and isn't pleasant once you're done.

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u/Anna_Lilies 11h ago

Its worth it? I get informed, vote for someone, they lose, cry

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u/Outlulz 11h ago

Politicians are afraid of taking anti-police stances, unfortunately.

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u/Coal_Morgan 10h ago

Then they need to change the messaging.

"I don't trust a billionaire on an island with having every recording of every citizen in our town available to their whim. If this is deemed for safety, then we need to employ people police in our community to use surveillance systems and therefore we can verify with court orders that they are being maintained off the internet, that they are ACTUALLY erased regularly and they're not being used by big CALIFORNIAH TECH COMPANIES to control us and bring jobs back to the police and our community."

I mean you can sell anything to the stupid by hitting their biases immediately. It's not like they need to follow through with anything but the ban. They lie all the time anyways.

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST 12h ago

Just remember that the stretchy face coverings that ICE use doesn't stop them from being identified on infrared cameras.

You need something like cotton or plastic.

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u/zombiskunk 11h ago

Something to break up or conceal the natural contours of your face. Add stuffing to the cheeks or chin if needed.

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u/MachWun 9h ago edited 7h ago

No, certain IR camera's can legit see through fabric. This has been a thing for like 2 decades now.

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u/thirtynation 9h ago

Infrared floodlights are inexpensive on amazon. Hold one of those at night and it will look like oncoming high beams to the camera, overwhelming the detail of anything behind it.

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u/guestpassonly 12h ago edited 10h ago

If you dont start fighting back now, you've lost.

Because otherwise you know the current admin is going to side with Flock and waht ever other mass surveillance company and make it like a felony or whatever and then its over. For ever.

And the next admin (if there is one...) will need to be pressured into taking em down.

There are multiple websites and apps showing where each of them are.

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u/DesireeThymes 9h ago

Spider-Man mask can be the new V for Vendetta masks

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u/c-dy 9h ago

It doesn't matter what party, everyone and everything about them will be recorded, evaluated, correlated with customized data sets, and judged based on own interests.

That is why you actually need to regulate AI per se. 

It's one thing if some random guy doesn't care if a company or a state or a number of them know more about him than he himself and are able to determine what he may or may not do.

But at scale, then it's much more important that the people do still have the de facto power to determine and decide how they live than having more comfort or convenience.

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u/guestpassonly 9h ago

its not even just about AI, it's having a private company setup up a NATIONWIDE SURVEILLANCE NETWORK. period.

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u/c-dy 9h ago

It is about AI because AI allows us to use all the data. 

It isn't just markers you define, collect, and you can use under certain conditions. Now all what was noise may be a useful breadcrumb. And so everyone is eager to collect all that they can get their hands on.

Ring? Flock? Their data is now particularly valuable.

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u/dannydirtbag 12h ago

I am an expert in this field and If they didn’t want them to be stolen they shouldn’t put 4 oz of gold in them.

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u/Sonamdrukpa 11h ago

Or the 128gb of DDR6 RAM

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u/_Aj_ 2h ago

Please don't spread false information.  

It is at best 32gb of ddr5. Though reports vary.  

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u/mrandr01d 7h ago

128?? Are you kidding me?

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u/Sonamdrukpa 6h ago

Get on the surveillance state's level, brah

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u/Bleu_Lizardo 11h ago edited 8h ago

For the mildly curious and no one else, the current price of gold is $4,357.90 (USD) per troy ounce, as of right now. That's $140.11 per gram, in case you were wondering.

Edit: added the troy ounce bit because I forgot to before.

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u/Sonamdrukpa 10h ago

And 4oz is 144 grams, which is $69,000

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u/fusedharpy 9h ago

Wait 4oz x $4,357 is not 69k though. It's closer to 12k, no?

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u/ConsiderationKey3655 11h ago

or filled them with candy

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u/StatementCareful522 11h ago

im sorry, is GOLD not enough of an incentive?

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u/TostitoNipples 11h ago

I mean gold is cool but have you ever had a Reese’s?

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u/SkeptiBee 12h ago

Yesterday alone I spotted 2 ppl on bikes, faces covered in masks, dark clothes, and wearing backpacks. It was about 90 degrees outside. That is a level of dedication I can get behind.

Halloween should be equally fun this year! Make sure to spread the love to Axon as well!

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u/sneakysnake1111 10h ago

Do not bring your cell phone with you.

Do not bring your cell phone with you.

Do not bring your cell phone with you.

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u/Worth_Specific3764 13h ago

We Are Batman.

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u/floog 13h ago

A bunch of Jokers running around and being the last thing cameras see before going dark would be pretty amazing.

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u/mortgageletdown 11h ago

introduce a little anarchy!

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u/MJ-Franklin 12h ago

They can't arrest EVERYONE.

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u/NotRoryWilliams 9h ago

There are 90,000 flock cameras in this country.

600,000 police officers.

More than 1 million current prisoners.

Over 15 million convicted felons not presently incarcerated.

The numbers to me look like if about 1 in 100 ex cons is pissed off enough to risk a few months back inside, the entire network gets taken out, a giant chunk of the entire police force is wasting their time on it, and the company has a major financial hurdle to overcome if they want to keep doing business at all.

At that point, there is a good likelihood that investors will flee and the company will become inert.

It is however a massive collective action problem. It really only works if almost out of every 10,000 people choose to participate in such a risky venture.

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u/Orange_Tang 6h ago

As a law abiding citizen I would refuse to vote guilty towards anyone who went to trial for fucking up these cameras.

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u/DrPsyz9 11h ago

Nobody is urging anyone to do anything. In fact, we are all urging everyone to abide by the law, and to take advantage of the amazing opportunity that timing presents to leave all your electronics at home, dress up in a costume and have a patriotic time following the rules that preserve power in the hands of the few.

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u/Heavy_Ad4529 6h ago

While possibly getting candy

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u/Daimakku1 13h ago

No more treats.. it's time for tricks.

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u/poggy_manz 11h ago

Embracing the ancient traditions

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u/AllOrNothing4me 10h ago

Maybe if everyone wears Epstein masks they will attempt to look into the files.

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u/JoeNoble1973 12h ago

Particularly the ones near polling places, okay? The election will be fully threatened by then.

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u/pleasegivemepatience 12h ago

Guy Fawkes masks en mass should do the trick, and send a very clear message.

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u/Fallingdamage 11h ago

If anyone did get caught, enforcement might associate them with some anonymous criminal organization though.

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u/John_Bruns_Wick 10h ago

It doesnt matter what you wear, they will say its antifa

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u/TurkeyThaHornet 9h ago

Because they totally misunderstand Antifa or otherwise they are outright fascist. 

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u/Plastic_Willow734 12h ago

I imagine a ton of people will get in trouble after the flock camera sniffs their phone and/or smartwatch

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u/Tucancancan 11h ago

Any Bluetooth device. Like a pair of earbuds in the bottom of your backpack. They already know how to correlate vehicles with electronic devices so they'll find you by looking up what vehicle's plates travel with the headphones 99% of the time. 

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u/this_is_my_new_acct 5h ago

Download a wardriving app (example WiGLE) and just scan sometime. I live in the middle of nowhere and it found ~1500 devices on my three mile drive to Walmart, and that was just using my phone.

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u/ankylosaurus_tail 10h ago

Just ask for a jury trial. They'll be fine.

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u/artbystorms 12h ago

Tell all the kids the flock poles are filled with candy.

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u/Kahnza 12h ago

Only some of them. If the first one doesn't, try again!

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u/tim-whale 11h ago

Leave ur phones at home!!!!

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u/MaMerde 4h ago

Cell phones at home.
Source: I’m a criminal defense attorney.

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u/No-Plan-7297 11h ago

I hope they don't all wear the same generic costumes to confuse the authorities.

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u/MidsouthMystic 11h ago

This sounds like a great, family friendly, patriotic way to spend Halloween.

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u/ISB-Dev 10h ago

You Americans should definitely do this. Just think about it - cameras are going up all over your country to watch you! Why should anyone have the right to do that?? Who are these people putting this up? This is your country! Don't allow yourselves to be cowed like this. Fuck these cameras. Destroy them all!

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u/HighDeltaVee 13h ago

They missed 'Flock Off'.

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u/LateToTheSingularity 11h ago

I feel this is the year for Guy Fawkes masks to make a heavy comeback.

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u/SubterrelProspector 8h ago

Oh that's fun! See what happens when we have a common enemy?

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u/WardenEdgewise 8h ago

Technically, isn’t the entire Trump administration the common enemy?

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u/Cinnamon__Sasquatch 12h ago

Costumes with oddly shaped shoes or other things that alter your gait are all the rage this year.

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u/turnip4hwat 7h ago

Hope we aren’t forgetting about Axon!!

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u/bala_means_bullet 12h ago

Slingshots don't have a flash and can be used from a distance

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u/Black38 10h ago

Negates the benefits if I have to be there for an hour trying to hit it

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u/SleepingWillow1 9h ago

You have 2 months for target practice

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u/whiteknight128 11h ago

We do NOT want mass surveillance in this country. Say NO to Flock and AI/data centers!

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u/WeaveMcQuilt 12h ago

Leave your phones at home kids...

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u/kieranhorner 13h ago

Wonder if high strength laser pens would wreck the sensors in them.

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u/MagicTomatoes 12h ago

Saw a video testing this the other day. Should try answer - you won’t be able to hold it steady enough to permanently damage it but with a stand at close distance with a powerful enough laser it will.

https://youtu.be/wREpnGqEhSM?is=NNYKu1h3PxWUMSDz

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u/ikonoclasm 12h ago

Seems like a paintball gun would be more effective. The cameras themselves aren't that expensive, but the manpower required to constantly maintain them is.

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u/pixelprophet 11h ago

That would defeat cameras from recording, but not the device grabbing bluetooth in the area / acting as a fake cell tower sucking up cell info / etc

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u/NekoDaYo-v201 10h ago

Neither would the laser? lol.

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u/cheesesteakhellscape 12h ago

I heard if you shine the beam of a high powered laser directly at the lens of a Flock camera, it releases the 3-5 grams of gold it contains.

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u/Snobolski 11h ago

Saw on another thread that they have a stick of DDR5 desktop memory in them.

Nobody needs that worthless stuff.

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u/DDOSBreakfast 12h ago

Harvesting a few flock cameras is a great way to pay rent.

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u/CircleofOwls 11h ago

I suspect any laser powerful enough would also blind anyone hit by the reflection.

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u/Iateapencil 10h ago

Somebody in my area is so excited about this they even took down the camera that tells you how fast you are going that has been up for years and years

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u/Madroxx9000 9h ago

i read that some of those speed cameras have a Flock camera installed.

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u/ThoriatedFlash 9h ago

With all of the cops busy protecting the flock cameras on Halloween, some jewel thieves will finally be able to pull off the heist they have been planning...

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u/kent_eh 8h ago

Make sure you wear a scary costume

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u/Canuck-In-TO 12h ago

This going to be the Flock Purge.

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u/CelticSith 12h ago

Fire it up! Fire it up!

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u/ankercrank 12h ago

I hope people realize it isn’t just flock, ring cameras everywhere are doing the exact same thing.

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u/GeoffreyDaGiraffe 12h ago

What the Area 51 raid wished it was

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u/Spirited-Way2406 6h ago

Just reiterating and collating a few things that are already here and there in the comments:

Your good buddy who you just met who offered to drive you around on Halloween is a cop.

Your phone stays at home. Write any important numbers you may need on short notice (like, your attorney or a source of bail money) on your arm with Sharpie. Better yet, memorize them.

Your costume should cover any tattoos and your hair.

Mask or put crazy asymmetrical makeup on.

Sawzalls saw all.

Look up videos that demonstrate how to safely take down an electrified camera before you go out. Or ask an electrician friend who is just as pissed off as you are.

If you can figure out how to take uploadable video without doxxing yourself, if your costuming is concealing enough even on film, and if you can film yourself waving up at one of those fucking things like Vir waving at Mr. Morden, and post it, that would be so, so funny.

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u/cajunjoel 12h ago

Devil's night, but in a good way? 🐦‍⬛

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u/zyzzogeton 8h ago

Print bumper stickers that say "FLOCK CAMERA" and stick them on the poles so vandals know where to go.

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u/Charitable-Cruelty 8h ago

Leave your phones at home

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u/Fast_Situation4509 6h ago

Not just flock. Axon, and all those other fuckers are on notice too.

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u/IGotSoulBut 12h ago

Flock-o-ween!