- 25 cameras destroyed over the course of a year, and more than half were destroyed by a single person. This doesn't appear to be a widespread concern the headline makes it out to be.
by tolerance
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- I've warmed to LLM-generated/assisted writing in general but this kind of stuff is just lazy and is basically "I got Claude to say something I agree with and then made it pretty".
by amazingamazing
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- Eventually toll cameras and a consortium of private businesses will have this tech and then game over. Better to use this energy and legislate the behavior you want. Never let the enemy decide the terms.
- "At least 25 cameras have been destroyed". Sounds like a mere drop in the bucket.
by himata4113
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- not sure why people are bothering with destruction, just drive around and shut them down wirelessly.
some newer models require a button to be pressed for them to start the AP, but still leaves them vulnerable to attacks with a long stick and doesn't draw any attention while hundreds of cameras suddenly stop working, making the city government think they're unreliable.
- Ben Jordan has some great videos on Flock in general, would highly recommend if your not aware of this beyond knowing they're some form of security camera
- We don't need to destroy them to stop them. Just use them to surveil your local legislators and report on a few of their wrongdoings. The 4th Amendment is so abstract when it isn't _your_ privacy being invaded. Bring the message home.
- Let’s add Meta Glassholes to the list
by an0malous
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- Just sharing my regular reminder that Flock is a YC company.
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety
This organization that built itself on top of the “hacker ethos” is now happy to profit from building the surveillance state
by Sandworm5639
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- > The pattern: destruction in blue states, red states
Which of CA OR VA IL CT(the states mentioned above that sentence) is red? Virginia I guess is the closest one but still rather blue...
by theossuary
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- I've always said we should build an open-source flock that makes all data available for free to anyone, in a ploy to get proper regulations passed. But they'd probably just make it illegal to track police/government cars then break down your door and arrest you for tracking unmarked ICE agent vehicles
- Counter point - I live in a major-ish city in which our police force isn't as strong as the surrounding suburbs so I don't mind a few extra eyes on the streets. My kids like to explore the neighborhood and I like a little extra peace of mind.
by dueltmp_yufsy
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- I heard someone making the point that these go up but then do not deter street degradation. So basically just targeting regular people.
by techteach00
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- Good. I just wish more people would take down and destroy the red light/speeding cameras in NYC. Say no to the police state.
- A short paragraph of interesting content inflated by LLMs into repetetive multiple-page slop and bulleted lists. Skip the middleman and just post the prompt if you're not going to bother copywriting.
by wizardforhire
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- Jeffrey S. Sovern, 41, of Suffolk, Virginia, didn’t hide what he did. He set up a GoFundMe for his legal defense. He linked to deflock.org, an anti-surveillance activist site. He wrote a statement:
“I appreciate everyone’s right to privacy, enshrined in the fourth amendment.”
And:
“I appreciate a quiet life and am not looking forward to this process, but I will take the silver lining that this can be a catalyst in a bigger movement to roll-back intrusive surveillance.”
This is what patriotism really looks like.
by honeycrispy
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- Good. I generally believe in following the law within limits, and a surveillance state is outside of those limits. I don't care about the "good" these cameras provide, because they're neglecting the very real dangers of living in a surveillance state.
- the broligarchs are gonna love Americans shooting up their precious robots when the time comes. it'll be a pastime of serfdom.
by diebillionaires
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- this seems like an ai article
by ChrisArchitect
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- Some previous discussion in February (when this was published?)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127081
by BurningFrog
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- You're already on maybe 10 cameras any time you go outside. This number will keep doubling several times.
Like it or not, this technology is way too useful for too many purposes to be stopped.
This is case for finding "the serenity to accept the things I cannot change".
by analog8374
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- I am inspired
by drzaiusx11
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- Good.
by trunkiedozer
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- Why smash them when you can harvest them. I’m sure they have components that can be sold.
- Great! Now oppose the vehicle kill switch that just got passed by the people that “represent” you
- Good
by lol8675309
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- Awful AI slop. Title should be some people vandalized something that I can co-op for my political agenda.
- Disgusting, and it's quietly happening worldwide.
In Italy two different agencies are buying spying tools they cannot even legally use.
Laws don't matter.
by new_account_100
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- Flock cameras and the surveillance state generally speaking make me feel like a slave.
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by SilverElfin
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- Speed cameras and other surveillance state Trojan horses next please. Not just flock.
by turlockmike
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- This website and article promote the destruction of property. If you disagree with something, you can engage civily, encourage people to vote with you, run for elections. Violence is not the answer.
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