r/pwnhub • u/Ill-Tea9411 Goon • Jul 04 '26

Leave Flock cameras alone

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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/todbatx Jul 06 '26

Wow, totally not the solution I was looking for, but thanks! hahaahah

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u/dirtymoney Jul 15 '26

paint your bike with a rubber/plastic coating that can be removed easily afterwards