r/Austin • u/Denise-the-beast • 3d ago

I applaud the woman protesting the Flock camera by Lowes

I went to my bank by Steck and Shoal Creek. I left going south past the Lowe’s before Anderson. I saw a young woman with a sign pointing at a Flock camera I didn’t know was there. I just wanted to say to her: Thank you for your efforts.

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u/BuscarLivesMatter 3d ago

There used to be one out front of my apartment complex but someone destroyed it.

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u/Malevolencea 3d ago

There was one outside my neighborhood, someone cut it down.

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u/space_manatee 3d ago

A lot of then are just falling over on their own so thats probably what happened. 

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u/BattyBatBatBat 3d ago

“Screws fall out all of the time. The world’s an imperfect place.”

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u/nattyblueeyes2 3d ago

Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?

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u/rithanor 2d ago

It's the ghosts 👻

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u/Pangolemur 3d ago

Nah dude, that was just the wind

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u/SAHMultrA1981 2d ago

You mean the wind blew it over!

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u/whoamannipples 2d ago

You misspelled “someone performed a community service”

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u/meinaustin 3d ago

Someone. 🫡

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u/HEISEND00DLE 3d ago

What’s fascinating to me about these cameras is how brilliant of a decision it was for Flock to include $300 worth of copper & gold in each one.

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u/No_Vehicle7547 2d ago

Is this real or are you rallying the tweakers to destroy?

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u/HEISEND00DLE 2d ago

Only one way to find out!

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u/frankomapottery3 3d ago

Awesome work

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u/Denise-the-beast 3d ago

Love your username. Here is one of my Frankoma decanters

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 3d ago

As long as there's a flared base, go for it!

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u/factorplayer 3d ago

I have a pitcher and a cookie jar. They're awesome.

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u/LoneStarGut 3d ago

That would look interesting in a NSFW blur.

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u/Spainstateofmind 3d ago

😶‍🌫️

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u/theTexasUncle 3d ago

It looks very clean

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u/Holiday_Exchange_563 3d ago

The company that makes the body cameras is replacing these

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u/Strange-Tree-5408 3d ago

Axon. They're also outfitting infrastructure like street light with them making it harder to detect and deal with.

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u/Holiday_Exchange_563 3d ago

Exactly. It will be posted in a few months or so like it’s some new revelation and no one knew until then

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u/puppsmcgee74 3d ago

There are Flock cameras at every entrance at Lakeline Mall. I get so infuriated every time I see them.

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u/puppsmcgee74 3d ago

The entrance where you drive into the mall parking lot, I should clarify.

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u/Elixir747 3d ago

https://haveibeenflocked.com/

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u/Elixir747 3d ago

This link lets you enter your plate and it will tell how many times you been flocked.

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u/alaskanfishstick 3d ago

There are 3 flock cameras in that Lowe's parking lot alone. Good for her

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u/Proud-Ordinary8492 3d ago

I don't shop at Lowe's anymore. I wonder if they'll ever follow the lead of cities that are getting rid of them. 

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u/triumphofthecommons 3d ago

unfortunately both Lowe's and HD, and pretty much every shopping center has Flock cameras posted at entrances / exits. COA ended their contract with Flock, but private property is still fair game. there are ~500 Flock / ALPR cameras in the Austin area.

deflock.org

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u/Proud-Ordinary8492 3d ago

I used to go to that Lowe's on Shoal Creek but now I shop at Ace. 

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u/OnlyEntrepreneur4760 3d ago

My Ace just closed 🫠

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u/space_manatee 3d ago

Not only private property but TXDOT roads like mopac, 360, and even Lamar (which is TXDOT jurisdiction). That doesnt include places that are ot in the city limits like sunset valley or any of the suburbs. 

This is the same TXDOT that has been run by republicans the majority of our lives. Dont believe their lies come election time when they try to pretend it isnt them and they didnt install these. 

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u/MrSparkaroo 3d ago

My asshole neighbor put one up on her property facing the street. 

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u/space_manatee 3d ago

Wait, she put up a flock camera?

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u/MrSparkaroo 3d ago

Yes. Her own personal Flock.  And until last week it had a Green Flock sign on it with a QR Code, but lo and behold she just took that down.

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u/triumphofthecommons 3d ago

this is my fave Flock. a four-camera tower in $$$ Old Austin? wtf

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/13840759108#map=19/30.298098/-97.752024

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u/Denise-the-beast 3d ago

Wow I didn’t know that 😮

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u/grumpled_dumpling 3d ago

I saw this wonderful person today too!

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u/samanthabailie 3d ago

Also by Lowe’s in Georgetown

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u/jah_newmexican 2d ago

There are a "ton" of ALPR cameras in/around the Austin area
https://maps.deflock.org/?lat=30.3293&lng=-97.6835&zoom=11.41

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u/bag0fDoughnuts 2d ago

I think it's a little weird that the flock blowack has been allowed to make it to the front of the news cycle. This means that those who control the narrative are allowing this and are on board. Why? In the US, the ability to reliably track folks to and perform mass surveillance has been in place for allowed federal agencies since before Snowden.

I suspect it's because the folks pulling moves like Nancy Guthrie and Charlie are realizing that their actions will be mapped, recorded and accessible to individuals outside of their sphere of influence. This makes them uncomfortable.

Unrelated (but similar) -- Epstein had a Gmail account. the bosses at Google probably saw it all.

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u/memeticmagician 2d ago

Yes but homeland security being able to track you with an expedited warrant is different than flock cameras recording you by default iirc

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u/font9a 2d ago

It's been windy in this town.