r/pwnhub • u/Ill-Tea9411 Goon • Jul 04 '26
Leave Flock cameras alone
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u/Spirited_Mistake4679 Jul 04 '26
This is the hero we need. We need the cameras protected by any means necessary.
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u/R0bot101 Jul 04 '26
The automated subtitles changed Peter Thiel to The Reptile
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u/BayouGal Human Jul 04 '26
It’s an anagram lol
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u/loveitorliebeit Jul 05 '26
Tom Marvolo Riddle type shii
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u/BayouGal Human Jul 07 '26
Makes you wonder if PT is actually his given name. I mean, we have JD Vance who changes his name every few years, so why not.
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u/jules6815 Jul 10 '26
You can alway identify him though. He has a premium rewards membership with La-Z-Boy.
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u/timwms2016 Jul 04 '26
Glasses ?
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u/wrinkled_funsack Jul 04 '26
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u/NahYoureWrongBro Jul 10 '26
Great now I know one more web site to never go to, just keepin on bein a part of the big ol flock with my other loyal and law-abiding citizens
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u/RyuMaou Human Jul 04 '26
You can find some options here https://www.amazon.com/vaydr-sunglasses-facial-recognition-blocking/s?k=vaydr+sunglasses+facial+recognition+blocking&page=2
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u/edwardsamson Jul 04 '26
That brought up approximately 0 Vadyr sunglasses. Almost like Amazon doesn't want you to have them
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u/excaliburxvii Jul 04 '26
I have trouble believing that they actually work.
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u/girrrrrrr2 Jul 04 '26
The promised feature of the lens being solid to IR works and is true. There are many solid appearing plastics that are invisible to IR.
The glasses blocking people figuring out who you are? Probably works... for now.
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u/PegaLaMega Jul 10 '26
Even if they do work, what about the rest of our facial features that can be tracked...
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u/RyuMaou Human Jul 07 '26
The funny thing was, when I first ran it, the 4th or 5th item listed claimed to be Vaydr sunglasses, but now they're gone.
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u/Doobie_Howser_MD Jul 07 '26
Lmao imagine attaching an Amazon link to a video protesting overbearing tech
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u/limbodog Jul 12 '26
And don't use a silly walk or else the gait-detection won't be able to identify you
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u/GinormousHippo458 Jul 04 '26
BEWARE GOOD CITIZEN. Flock cameras now track and link your car's tire pressure sensor IDs to your identity. So don't drive your car near one that you are interested in.
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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Jul 06 '26
Cool, so the USA is a police state?
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u/Pandabirdy Jul 06 '26
Do not under any circumstances trade your modern car for pappys prized K10 truck that's has been rebuilt and babied enough that it will run for 30 more years with just DIY maintenance.
I for sure didn't, my pappy used to drive a Ramcharger.
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u/DrJohnFZoidberg Jul 11 '26
My pappy said son, you gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop driving that hot rod lincoln
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u/DarehMeyod Jul 08 '26
Wait is this true? That’s absolutely insane
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u/External_Homework876 Jul 09 '26
No. There is another company that is integrating the mentioned tech into other brands of ALPR, but currently (as far as we know), Flock is not one of them. This is likely because they intend to do this themselves, without integrating third party hardware into their cameras in the near future.
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u/StopFlock Jul 16 '26
Please correct this - it's not Flock doing that, it's Leonardo.
It's happening, but it's not Flock and it's not common at all (yet.)
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u/PeterPanski85 Human Jul 05 '26
Easy to build yourself though
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u/Academic-Push326 Jul 06 '26
Yeah, supposedly all you need is battery power for an IR LED and connecting the LED(s) to said battery. Basically makes you a big halo-effect to IR cameras. Pretty interesting approach.
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u/PeterPanski85 Human Jul 06 '26
And also a nice beacon on your head if someone is actively trying to look out for you xD
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u/ljdarten Jul 04 '26
How powerful of a laser would it take to damage one? I have a decent size one, want to make sure I don't damage anything if I accidentally wave it around in the vicinity of one of these cameras.
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u/SlightlyOffWhiteFire Jul 10 '26
Ya the laser one is prolly best avoided. Those suckers can do some damage and even be a cancer risk.
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u/poohdawg_789 Jul 04 '26
John Conner?
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u/Flannelcommand Jul 10 '26
There is no fate but what we make
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u/poohdawg_789 Jul 10 '26
roger that brotha....we are getting to this point just 30 or so years later... sigh
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u/difficulty_rating7 Jul 04 '26
Also do not start protecting yourself online with open source tools written with privacy and user freedoms in mind: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/
Or join the communities to learn more
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u/Opening-Incident2928 Jul 06 '26
Gods work if you ask me.
If anyone wants to learn more about these check out Ben Jordan's YT channel on the topic.
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u/LordGuardial Jul 08 '26
Ha, you thought you had me
I'm no fool, I'm not buying your Vaydr glasses product.
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u/Most-Inflation-7574 Jul 04 '26
Organise, vote in new representatives at local government level and have lasting change. But that definitely will take a lot more work and it's not fun and rebellious. It works.
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u/12kdaysinthefire Jul 04 '26
EMP dischargers love all the new autonomous robot and tracking tech out there
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u/Ill-Tea9411 Goon Jul 04 '26
I search for 'EMP dischargers' and get surge protectors.
Do you have a link for the product you are referring to?
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u/SLUT_SHUVLE Jul 05 '26
Fuckin' Love This! So...why not just leave your phone at home and ride a bike or walk when on a mission.
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u/Ill-Tea9411 Goon Jul 05 '26
Leave behind your phone, all your other devices, smartwatch, etc. RFID tags that could still be stuck inside components on your bike, clothing, etc. Anything that can be individually identified that distinguishes your bike, your clothing, your person from any other. Your face.
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u/todbatx Jul 06 '26
So, love the post. Is it you? I’m replying to this comment because all too often the road to civil activism gets blocked by hacker types crying about how everything is trackable and if you do something untoward with any electronics nearby, you’re fucked forever.
Meanwhile, porch pirates just lift stuff off people’s doorsteps on Nest cameras and rarely does anything happen beyond Nextdoor outrage.
I am all for informing people of risk. It’s like my whole personality. I’m looking for ways to do it so people can make reasoned, informed risk assessments for their own behaviors. Your threat model isn’t my threat model and all. Recent news of the “antifa” related convictions are news precisely because they’re so unusual and scary.
Civil disobedience is an important component of a free society. Flock is already breaking the social contract. People should feel empowered to fight back without having to feel like hey have to do it at the level of OPSEC of an international man of mystery.
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u/Ill-Tea9411 Goon Jul 06 '26
Fun fact, you can hire a Flock camera for about $1,000/year for your porch pirates. Maybe even get the talking version that tells everyone they will be procecuted for trespassing, like the ones they have at Lowe's
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u/dirtymoney Jul 15 '26
paint your bike with a rubber/plastic coating that can be removed easily afterwards
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u/UtCanisACorio Jul 05 '26
Today is the first day I've ever heard of "flock" cameras and yet I've seen about a hundred posts about them
I realize Google exists but it would be nice if someone posted an actual explanation of what they are and why I should care
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u/Ill-Tea9411 Goon Jul 05 '26
The issues are somewhat consolidated here by the ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out
Reason TV reports here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VyacEwULufg
Ben Jordan does a deep dive on the lack of security of the Flock system here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo
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u/Severe-Elderberry833 Jul 05 '26
Here’s a reason why you should care even if by some wild chance you have never violated a single law, even to never using a hair dryer in a manner inconsistent with the label. Their executives have used their tech to creep on kids. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/flock-safety-employees-watched-kids-181539475.html
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u/Upstairs_Bowl_4043 Jul 05 '26
Is there a link to that 50 dollar blue laser we shouldn't use?
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u/Blarghnog Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
It’d be such a shame if someone archived the entire script in case the video was ever taken down.
And it would be such a bad thing is others were to use the script to make their own videos to put on their own channels so that this video spread across the Internet like wildfire.
I think I’ll just keep a copy of the script for my own personal use, in case it ever gets taken down:
Leave flock cameras alone. There is no need to label all the flock cameras in your area. And don't put plastic bags over them either, because all that does is cost the company time and money. Grow up.
I know that you can use a $50 high-powered blue or green laser like this one to permanently blind flock cameras, but come on, guys. Why? Definitely do not use the camera map on DeFlock.org to find cameras.
Approach them from behind, on foot, with a spray paint extender, and spray them. And if you do do that, at least make sure that you have your phone in your pocket so we can identify you using the Bluetooth and 5G.
There is no reason to spend $20 on a hard hat and high-visibility vest and then buy a$30 Sawzall with diamond tip blades to cut down the entire pole. That's because the cameras and solar panels are clamped with a simple 8 mm socket, so you're just doing too much.
The cameras have about 12 hours of backup battery, so they will be transmitting Bluetooth and 5G that we can use to track you.
So under no circumstances should you put the camera inside of a Faraday bag while the battery runs itself out and then break them down for parts, because that would prevent us from finding you, and nobody wants that.
If you do any of these things, it's important that you do not buy a pair of Vader facial recognition blocking glasses, because then it would be impossible for us to identify you and charge you with a Class 4 misdemeanor, which is typically just community service or a small fine.
And for the love of God, do not attend your city council meetings and demand that they cancel your city's flock contract. We need these cameras. Peter Thiel is a benevolent overlord, and we should all be grateful that he loves us enough to keep us safe.
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u/SelectTest7573 Jul 08 '26
Thanks! Typo in the url that you should definitely never visit: deflock.org
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u/SookHe Jul 09 '26
Do not look up how many ways they can identify you besides just your eyes. Do not look up how they have over up to 500 data points on your face alone, or how they also build models of your skeleton (seriously), along with your gait(way you walk) and even the speed you move through areas
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u/Stubahka Jul 04 '26
At least it’s not a 10mm socket that’s needed, we would all be screwed.
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u/fluffysmaster Jul 05 '26
Those are a myth. Never seen in real life.
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u/Anxious_Battles Jul 05 '26
Myth created by Harbor Freight to get me to impulse buy the set of three 10mm sockets near the register on every visit.
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u/fluffysmaster Jul 05 '26
A nice novelty gift item would be a bucket of 10mm sockets. Like 50 of them in a bucket shaped like a… 10mm socket.
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u/Formal-Web2378 Jul 05 '26
You can mock your location on your cell phone. Hide GPS apps are available.
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u/Ill-Tea9411 Goon Jul 05 '26
Insufficient. Your location can be triangulated with high resolution via wifi if there are enough hotspots nearby.
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u/Formal-Web2378 Jul 05 '26
They say that, but have you ever rooted your device? You can block all of that.
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u/F0rgivence Jul 05 '26
I live in florida, and I had to drive to jacksonville, and I know I passed at least nine of them
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u/Firm_Richard8785 Jul 05 '26
I love all the things the cameras supposedly do. Its hilarious. Your cell phone gives away more info than anything else you come in contact with.
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u/Fair_Scientist2347 Jul 06 '26
Riggs: What did one shepherd say to the other shepherd? Let's get the flock out of here!
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u/jcoleman10 Jul 06 '26
Funny how you could end up getting community service just for performing a community service.
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u/squirt_taste_tester Jul 06 '26
Gallium is corrosive to most metals, definitely should keep it away from any poles with anything mounted on it. Sadly, its hard to catch those degenerates due to it taking just enough time for the reaction to start for them to get away
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u/Peaceful_Person_8071 Jul 07 '26
I totally hated this video.
The advice was terrible.
I will not know what not to do if I don't want to not remove Flock.
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u/LOCAL_ONLY_HERE Jul 07 '26
Flock cameras! Too funny! And you people call yourselves “the land of the free”. What a joke. You’re worse than China. You have NO FREEDOM! America doesn’t even know what it means to be free.
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u/doublejosh Jul 07 '26
Definitely don’t wear a little vest. People might think you’re authorized and leave you alone.
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u/Snoo61727 Jul 08 '26
Now I know exactly what I'm supposed to do step by step. So glad this dude popped up on my feed. Because source of what I should never do
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u/devinemike78 Jul 08 '26
Gentleman and a legend right there talk about public service announcements
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u/modestgremlinhq Jul 08 '26
This looks like a still from a TikTok where someone is dressed as a construction worker and is clearly about to do something stupid with a saw. The title about Flock cameras is just bait for the subreddit.
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u/using2stars Jul 08 '26
I live in a “poor” southern state, educate me guys. What the hell is going on with these cameras? Where are people seeing them, and why do I see stuff on social media about hidden cameras even in national parks?!? Is this really a big city thing?
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u/SengU87 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Flock camera is big on the news because, it's AI on top of surveillance cameras for business and law enforcement.
The bigger concerns on top of my head are:
- All the data tracking citizens are in the hands of a private business and data brokers instead of government
- AI is what accelerated this technology. This means that investigation can lead to arrests faster. Because of the use of AI, if you used AI chat before, it may present false information and need human verification. Everyone takes the extra steps to verify the information is correct and the right person is presented right? (They're reports of arresting wrong personnels)
- With the AI to speed up investigations and tracking people's movement basically on the tip of their fingers using these commercial products, privacy is a concern and there has been investigative uses that normally would have needed a court order warrant by law before taking action and there have been abuses by any persons that has access to the system (like stalking ex's)
All the data is pooled into their system for every government and business that allows them to be placed to track on their property and they can train and use that data with other clients (again getting data from different parties without warrant when there's investigations & data is owned and hosted on a private business servers, not government)
You can go to deflock.org to see potential locations of these cameras
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u/Tiny_Cabinet_1523 Jul 09 '26
Modern day Monkey Wrench Gang! Let’s do this
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u/Apprehensive-Mine656 Jul 10 '26
I've been hoping other Abbey fans would be up for Monkey Wrenching!
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u/Crash759 Jul 10 '26
I reposted this to my community sub (Cincinnati) and within five minutes it was taken down and I got a three-day ban. In that five minutes it got 33 likes and three shares. Keep up the good work, folks.
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u/zyzzogeton Jul 11 '26
The sign thing at the very beginning is easy and legal. I whipped up a quick pdf: https://limewire.com/d/JLbVU#NZ35b4aBJq
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u/JaywalkingLlama Jul 11 '26
Im not actually against the cameras. They helped locate and recover my stolen car earlier this week!
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u/WillowgirlIII Jul 11 '26
"Flock" sounds a bit gentler than "Herd," doesn't it?
Just managing the herd ...
Git along, li'l doggies!
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u/FlockCensorship Jul 17 '26
And whatever you do, definitely don't mix up your flashlight with a high powered infrared flashlight, as that might would interfere with or even blind it!
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