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.
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The people taking down flock cameras are heroes not criminals.
If you can’t taste the sarcasm in this video the tism is strong in you ❤️
I think its the funny way of saying how its done without condoning it publicly.
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.
Criminals ✋
Privacy enthusiasts ✅
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
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Much quieter
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
It's only aluminium, you could probably chew through it if you wanted
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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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.
Would a straight cut be easier to add a union joint to and thus make the cost of repair slightly lower?
I guess it would depend on priorities
Nah, they wouldn't bother repairing the tube regardless of how it's cut. If they did and the repair broke, hitting someone, they'd have to take the liability. For a company with their funding, a length of ally tube and the cost to dig it into the ground is fuck all.
edit to add: but multiplied by hundreds of them being cut down, it's not not fuck all. and it's funny.
*Heroes not Criminals
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.
I thought the criminals are the ones putting those things up there?
Weird.
I'm so glad this guy told me exactly what to avoid
And all the onlookers suddenly become Skyrim guards... must have been the wind
Next thing you know we’ll have a criminal president!
Patriots. ~~criminals~~.
Good thing I now know what to be aware of.
✋ Criminals
👉 Concerned Citizens
Aren't the criminals the one's putting up the cameras? The heroes are actually the ones taking them down.
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
Idk if that's easier, most flock cameras are up pretty high.
oh, I just took the one in the video as an example, srry
you could do this after cutting the pole too
So criminals are doing it the same way as non-criminals?
Revolutionary hero**
Not a criminal.
Flock cameras are probably less than 1% of the total surveillance state (that needs to be dismantled)
Start with the low hanging fruits.
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How do you know they're criminals?
How "heros" are taking down private spy network cameras that cops use to stalk people
He was the punkest motherfucker I ever did see
Aw, hell, he's even more punk than me!
Edit: kerning
Is a criminal to a criminal really a hero? Does a double negative become a positive? I think so.
Damn, Septic Sam won out, rip Sean
*liberators
Criminals is the wrong word for soldiers of decency.
A grinder will cut through a steel pole like that so much faster than a recip.
He literally points out that the recip is quieter, and he's got it chopped in seconds, so the fractions of such that a grinder'd offer are negligible. If anything, I'm curious what the comparative battery-life is between a reciprocating saw & angle grinder, but that's even more pedantic, honestly. 🤷🏼♂️
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