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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Their solution will just be cameras you can't see. My mom worked in security 40+ years ago and they were using pin head cameras that were invisible to the human eye.

Destroying them is not going to solve the problem, but I suppose it may be a good start.

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's why it's important to go to your city/town council meetings and put the brakes on data centers. Cameras are much less effective if the infrastructure to transmit, process, and store their feeds can't be built out. Vote out and recall anyone who is supportive. End privatization of utilities so we can yank their electricity too.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 143 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

ALRIGHT THAT'S THE CORRECT WAY TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN, LETS FUCKING GO.

[–] Gaja0@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Need to agree on a common costume, otherwise someone is going to stick out as the one guy wearing a luigi costume and coincidentally all the cameras were destroyed by one dude in a luigi costume.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago

Having a standard "uniform" tells the authorities who to watch and follow before anything happens.

Better to have a general strategy of "costume you can easily change / remove."

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 87 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Flock will be on the alert October 31.

But I have observed you can wear a Halloween costume, including masks, any day starting October 1st without attracting (the bad kind of ) attention or seeming out of place. It's fun, economical (get more use out of costume) and I encourage everyone to do it as often as feasible. Whether you deflock your neighborhood or just provide cover for those who do, you'll also be confusing the cameras and messing with the data.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

They can “be on the alert” on Halloween and it wouldn’t matter. Not like they can post a cop at all 200,000 of their cameras.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago (26 children)

I really, really hope people don't go out en masse and destroy every single Flock camera that is unconstitutionally filming and profiling them, because it would be a terrible crime to do so. Definitely do not do this people.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Definitely don't remind people to leave their phones at home or use a Faraday bag to shield their tech.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Indeed. Not having those signals to trace could make it significantly more difficult for law enforcement to identify you, and we certainly don't want the essential job of law enforcement to be inhibited.

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[–] natecox@programming.dev 56 points 1 week ago (10 children)
[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Basically we need to get the word out to not use products from those aligned with Trump and thiel.

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So every major company, got it

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[–] tomato666@feddit.nl 8 points 1 week ago

This needs to gain traction...

World wide...

70 days time...

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm dressing as a Flockjack for Halloween! I wouldn't mind Halloween shifting to be an annual purging by the people of government surveillance.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

We could just cut out the middle man and purge the rich.

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[–] AxisExperience9@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Use Faraday pouches or leave your phone at home this Halloween. Flock cams gather Bluetooth, cellular, and WiFi data as you pass by them

[–] sanitation@lemmy.today 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's part of the same issue - lack of US GDPR.
We need to demand US GDPR because there are other issues - companies like Lexis nexis are buying your stolen data from the dark net and reselling. Facebook pervert glasses, google siphoning our data and others we don't even know about

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[–] custom_username@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Probably the rock in a shoe trick as well if that's actually a thing.

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[–] DosDude@retrofed.com 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why wait 2 months? Just do it whenever it's convenient.

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's a night you can freely walk round with a mask on

[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Just don't forget to leave any electronic devices at home.

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[–] DosDude@retrofed.com 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Looking at ICE, any night is.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really feel like you could astroturf MAGA rednecks into destroying flock cams with the right propaganda campaign. And probably a bunch of other shit they think they believe in. But there are conservative think tanks already engaged in this type of online propaganda pushing them in the other direction.

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[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

People ask this for every boycott or nationwide movement. The real answer is that more people do it if more time is given.

Theres a reason those facebook posts or tiktoks of "We're boycotting ___ right now indefinitely!" Never really gain traction. Having one day where normies get to join in too and the data gets a sharp spike in activity is how change is noticed and effective.

"5 flock cameras are cut down nationwide weekly" is much less evocative than "On Halloween, 50,000 flock cameras were taken down in 3 hours" or something

[–] Jyrdano@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

Take back control, people

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

In my shitty MAGA and evangelical suburb, they welcome Flock.

[–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Even in wealthy 'liberal' neighborhoods they welcome them as well, because they assume they help protect them from 'the poors'.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

you don't have to... ;-)

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I would be careful calling this "de-flock" because one of the more prominent groups against Flock is called Deflock and they already get lies from police calling them a terrorist organization despite never advocating for anything like tearing them down. If I really was putting on my tin foil hat, I'd say this was an intentional false flag operation called "de-flock" to further muddy the waters with regards to the Deflock organization. That's a bit much, though.

Note that I'm not saying folks shouldn't be participating, I'm only saying a different name for the activity would be prudent.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 week ago

C'mon, Americans. We know you guys are cool. We believe in you! Shake this shit off!

[–] Damage@feddit.it 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Americans rediscover the origins Carnival and Saturnalia.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Guessing you mean:

During these festivities, there was a temporary release from social obligations and hierarchies to make way for the overthrow of order, joking and debauchery.

?

Which is... yeah, the whole origins of "trick-or-treat". Not sure it quite needs rediscovering.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tips on how to protect yourselves when you have to, you know.

Masks, camouflage outfits park somewhere far?

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Hallowe'en on its own provides a significant strategic advantage. The closeness to elections is a bit sus though

[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] Lennny@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

https://www.budk.com/12-Gauge-Skynet-Drone-Defense-3-Pack-35975/35975.html

Thankfully capitalists still willing to sell ya the rope to hang them with.

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

inb4 Mr Perennial Pumpkin cancels Halloween

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 7 points 1 week ago

Practical Democracy

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

Are there good ways to kill a flock camera from a distance?

Could aiming a laser at the lense damage the ccd in the camera?

[–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Please oh please, No, a laser that is powerful enough to destroy the sensor, is more than powerful enough to blind so many people, at the same time even.

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