Just read the headline. Good
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Article reminded me that some people say "by accident" (me) and some say "on accident" (my cousins).
Thats a journalist though. They should know better.
This is an better idea. I was going to shoot them with a paintball gun.
iirc, paintball marker is slightly translucent, right? So maybe like...a sticker?
Some of the cameras by me are a little high up, which is why initially I thought paintball.
I bet I could fly a drone with a trash bag over it though.
My neighbor used to put marbles in his paintball gun
One of those spray-can extension poles would probably work pretty well.
Must have been a scary ghost that disabled those spy cameras.
Trash bags just do that sometimes...
Getting the plastic bag scene from American Beauty vibes.
Why aren't they just... Removing them?
Oh. Its probably because removing them is unnecessarily complicated so they need the company to come do it for them.
You don't have to worry about a complicated removal if you have an angle grinder.
You'd be surprised how few worries I have when I'm brandishing an angle grinder
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If you had read the article you'd know that the cities aren't sure if they can remove them under the terms of their contracts with flock. So they're covering them while working that out.
I'm pretty sure one city did remove them and then Flock just came and put new ones up which is what lead to the trash bags.
We don't do that here bro
Why read all article when some article good enough?
What am I? Some kind of readist? A phisosopher?
READING FOR NERDS
If I remember correctly the agreement is some kind of lease, so the city/county doesn't really own them after they are installed.
I've heard the excuse that they're private property so they can't. They're not hard to remove though. They're usually just attached to poles with pipe clamps.
I'm not so sure about that because even if they are privately owned, that doesn't mean they have the inherent right to be mounted on a city pole. The property isnt harmed by removing them from the pole and storing them in a deep underground bunker infested with Hanta Virus rats, black widows, and alligators.
News to me. I wonder when, if ever, I will see this in real life.
You don't have any trash bags?
One can also purchase aerosol can extension poles for use with spray paint.
I've never seen anyone covering Flock cameras nor have I ever seen an average person break a minor law without severe live-ruining repercussions. I have only ever heard of rich people breaking major laws without repercussions.
You don't hear about it because they haven't been caught. Then again, we're talking about covering up a camera... 🤔
Wear a mask and clothing you have never been seen in before that you can dispose of afterward. Maybe use stilts so they'll be looking for a really tall fucker.
No, I mean I have never seen a flock camera with a bag over it.
I'm surprised Dayton is doing even that. It's a low bar, sure, but it's also Dayton.
I wonder how safe the poles are, compared to well tested road signs that are up. Those easily break off when hit. Will you end up with a solar panel through your windshield in an accident? I feel like one good lawsuit could make Flock have to replace every one of them if a lawyer can convince 12 people that they are a physical danger.
I've seen multiple videos showing they aren't installed properly and won't break away.
Do also the other thing, where you brake it apart. Same thing, but it's permanently.
Or accelerate it apart
I read the beginning of the title as "Cities are Cowering" and now I think it could easily be a part of an alternate title.
Like your the damn government... Just remove the devices, tell Flock where they can pick them up in the next two weeks otherwise they will be sold as is on open market and pay the termination fee or potential lawsuit. Cities get sued like all the time and I am confident even a moderately competent lawyer could find a cheap way out.
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