Relevant video I saw posted elsewhere on Lemmy today.
Tl;dw: Flock cameras are alarmingly easily hackable and many of their security and efficacy claims on their website are outright false.
this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2025
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Ease of hacking isn't even something I considered. I just don't want my face anywhere on whatever server because a flock camera saw me
I have been subbed to him for 6+ months. Also, isn't Flock for the U.S. only?
After watching his first video, I spotted tons of cams capable of doing such surveillance (Hikvision, a Chinese brand, which offers surveillance as a Service, iiuc) on my countryβs streets in Europeβ¦
I don't doubt that Canadian PDs are drooling over any potential of using them in Canada.
One time I ate a mushroom I found growing on my bath mat and the sky looked just like this.
Heh, never noticed your alt account before, love the username!
Gonna start sending this to people randomly in the hope that they are an alt account in order to royally freak them out
π€£ evil, I like it!
I used to get this real bad. Couldn't leave the flat most days. I'd have my coat and shoes on, and would keep approaching the door and just couldnt leave. Sometimes I'd think I could hear footsteps in the hallway, and would have to wait by the peephole for a couple of minutes, then lose my nerve and go back to work up the courage to approach the door again. Just unable to open the door and break the seal between safety and exposure.
Seek help if you have the option. It doesnt get better on its own.
And because of all my family members and neighbors with their ring cameras and Alexa microphones. It's ridiculous.
As another dude with a family that loves storing their naked baby pictures on google's servers... I feel you...
Its less about naked baby pictures and more about a network of internet connected cameras, which we know that government agencies access, being absolutely everywhere.
My damn neighbors have that crap. Ring pointed right at my house.
A panopticon is like a big loving hug for everybody at once
Just remember "If you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to hide" /S
../s?
Is that the House from American Football's American Football?
Credit: El Paco Puente
Maybe put some clothes on.
The night has a thousand eyes
c/surrealmemes is leaking
I also feel like this when leaving the house sponsored by Flock Safety.
How it has always felt being a religious believer
Except, some gods donβt even respect your privacy within your house..
Just like smart TVs and vacuum cleaners and other IoT toys.
Luigi the CEOs.
I was gonna make a "my situation is worse" joke, as in chucles, I'm in danger type of joke, but the joke didn't land properly...
Recinded Comment
You are afraid of someone watching you.
I'm afraid of armed masked menΒΉ grabbing me and throwing me in a van.
We are not the same.
ΒΉICE
(am non-white foreign-born Naturalized American)
And ICE can use these cameras to track your movements.
I was trying to make a "my situation is worse" joke, but I guess my sense of humor sucks lol
Sometimes jokes donβt land when only conveyed in text.