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In my latest blog, I wrote about why Americans are destroying Flock license plate tracking cameras on a near-daily basis, and why I think this growing hatred for Flock is much different from previous mass surveillance scandals — but doesn't stop with Flock.
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@zackwhittaker I think part of what's happening is that people are hearing about Flock cameras getting destroyed, and that people are getting away with it, and realizing this means it's something they can actually do and that it's socially accepted to do it, so there's a circular reinforcement of it.
@zackwhittaker That motorists is a psychotic and dangerous criminal who has murdered a lot of pedestrians. Fuck him.
@zackwhittaker Thanks for this and mentioning all the other surveillance company
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re "near daily rate" is
typical lazy 3rd rate blog posting your source clearly asked its AI to scan the internet but far as I can tell we have no real "rate" of vandilism
Ohh, an easy one ?
Because Flock impacts Real Men™ rather than everybody except Real Men™
Did I get it right ? :-)
I wish the same spirit would touch data and detention centers.
@zackwhittaker Definitely makes me curious as to how much each Flock camera costs...presumably they're not cheap - both the camera and the installation.
Wondering if Flock would be seriously impacted financially or contractually by all this. Presumably if their cameras are all dead they'd be in breach of contract as they couldn't supply the agreed services.
@tdp_org it's an interesting question! Flock can easily eat the cost of replacing the poles, but rather the greater threat to its business is when it's effectively banned from local communities all the way up to entire states!
I watched a teardown of a Flock camera and the guy estimated the parts inside to be worth about $500 depending on features. But that was awhile ago, before our supply line issues (*cough* Iran War, AI boom) made RAM and electronics so expensive.
Flock leases these things starting about $2500 per camera per year.
https://campbellca.gov/m/faq?cat=36#question-279
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