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[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's way easier just take a hammer, smash the lens, or spray paint the lens and then remove only the camera

remove the battery

take it somewhere thats NOT your home, and press the button on the back enough times, and you enable adb

now you have a flock pc, which you can customize to remove the spyware through adb and do anything u want

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Idk if that's easier, most flock cameras are up pretty high.

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 2 points 15 hours ago

oh, I just took the one in the video as an example, srry

you could do this after cutting the pole too

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Patriots. ~~criminals~~.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago

*Heroes not Criminals

[–] caboose2006@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I'm so glad this guy told me exactly what to avoid

Good thing I now know what to be aware of.

✋ Criminals

👉 Concerned Citizens

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hate both short form and vertical videos, but in this case I'll make an exception.

If this is what need to get youth to act. I all for it.

[–] huey_m@piefed.social 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Criminals ✋

Privacy enthusiasts ✅

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ohh, I thought the headline meant members of organized crime were concerned about the increased surveillance, so they were making a concerted effort to reduce the network coverage

Even smaller criminal orgs can seem heroic, momentarily, when acting against a larger, more pervasive and communal threat.☝🏼

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 22 points 1 day ago

I thought the criminals are the ones putting those things up there?

Weird.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 63 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The people taking down flock cameras are heroes not criminals.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 6 points 1 day ago

The people taking them dawn are heroes and criminals. "Criminal" just means they're not aligned with the law, not that they're in some way immoral. In a country as corrupt as this, it's a title to be worn proudly.

[–] cultist@feddit.dk 19 points 2 days ago

I think its the funny way of saying how its done without condoning it publicly.

[–] Blurntout@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

If you can’t taste the sarcasm in this video the tism is strong in you ❤️

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 94 points 2 days ago

This is horrible! No one should definitely do this!

I glad the word is getting out, finally we can see for ourselves exactly how this crime is committed so we know what not to do in the future. Knowledge is power.

[–] ape_arms@lemmy.world 69 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And slower. Great for plumbing, not so much a 3" aluminum post with 1/4" walls

But hey, I might be wrong. 30yrs in the trades, but I've never tried cutting down an aluminum post with a pipe cutter

Also if the method varies from person to person, or one person uses a unique method, it's easier to get multiple vandalism charges to stick

[–] modus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Hey, totally unrelated, but how does one cut copper pipes mounted close to the wall?

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, I should clarify, "the trades" isn't exclusively plumbing. I can sweat pipes and lay out a house but I'm no expert

That being said I always used a little stubby cutter for pipes close to walls

There's other designs, including ratcheting ones that look so much easier than what I used

[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There's a tool that attaches to your drill or impact driver. Kinda expensive, but when you NEED it, it's worth every penny.

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[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's only aluminium, you could probably chew through it if you wanted

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

wet the post with gallium and put a piece of duct tape over it, i'll fall over in an hour. no tools

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[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

These things are a pain to use. Especially the cheap ones require more force than you'd expect and occasionally get stuck. They make a good clean cut but it's so slow and awkward that if you were wanting to do vandalism they're impractical relative to a reciprocating saw or better yet portable band saw.

I also wouldn't underestimate the power of spray paint, even though it's simple to fix it's still expensive when the contract specifics all the maintenance must be done by flock themselves.

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[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Revolutionary hero**

Not a criminal.

[–] SourDragon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Aren't the criminals the one's putting up the cameras? The heroes are actually the ones taking them down.

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

How do you know they're criminals?

[–] Kraiden@piefed.social 30 points 2 days ago

And all the onlookers suddenly become Skyrim guards... must have been the wind

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How heros are taking down private spy network cameras that cops use to stalk people

[–] theblurstoftimes@leminal.space 22 points 2 days ago

Next thing you know we’ll have a criminal president!

[–] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Flock cameras are probably less than 1% of the total surveillance state (that needs to be dismantled)

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Start with the low hanging fruits.

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[–] greenbit@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago

So criminals are doing it the same way as non-criminals?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

Is a criminal to a criminal really a hero? Does a double negative become a positive? I think so.

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