Vigilantes Target Flock Surveillance Cameras Across the US
The growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras
A growing movement of vigilantes is actively dismantling Flock Safety's automated license plate readers across the United States. Individuals like NoMark are risking arrest to block these devices, citing concerns over mass surveillance and privacy violations. While Flock defends its technology as essential for public safety, dozens of incidents have occurred in 23 states, prompting law enforcement to monitor the anti-surveillance activism as a potential national security threat.
These things are coming up so fast across the country that this is kind of the only way to combat them.
- beloch
Flock was pitched as the triumph of technology over criminality. It's surveillance network was supposed to end crime. However, when people witness extreme criminality thriving unpunished at the top levels of U.S. politics, the lie becomes evident. Flock isn't about ending crime. It's a tool of control to be used by criminals.
Who watches the watchers? Everyone.
- themythfable
Passed an old guy sitting on the side of the road with a lawn chair today, he was holding a pool skimmer with cardboard attached at the end to block a flock camera. There was a local news story about it [1]. Happy to see it.
[1] https://www.cltampa.com/news/a-77-year-old-republican-man-is...
- themaninthedark
Someone should start a surveillance company and put up their cameras pointed at the politicians houses.
If they then try to get them taken down using legal action they could sue under equal protection clause.
Edit add: Make data stream of cameras public for general population but charge if LEO or aggregate data search.
- ungreased0675
When people feel like their voice isn’t heard, this is the inevitable result.
- user00005
I'm proud to have mapped an impressive amount of cameras. You see a lot of things on a bicycle.
I also add non ALPR cameras. There are multiples more of those. I see no reason those can't detect license plates either.
- attila-lendvai
the problem with pitching Flock as "the triumph of technology over criminality" is that because of all the bogus edicts, an average american commits three felonies every single day. and whoever picks who gets prosecuted for what, is the owner running the plantation.
Three Felonies a Day
http://www.harveysilverglate.com/books/
In 2006, the Code of Laws of the United States of America: 200000 pages (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Code)
with 500 pages/week it's about 10 years just to read it, i.e. to have a chance not breaking it (but this wrongly assumes that it's not growing meanwhile).
In 2012: Federal Code: 75000 pages, Tax Code: 72000 pages.
The Criminalization of Everyday Life
http://www.cryptogon.com/?p=42372
http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175781/
John Stossel's Illegal Everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBiJB8YuDBQ
John Stossel - Technically, That's Illegal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf-uPAItVtM
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for me to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed or enforced nor objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt.”
— Ayn Rand (1905–1982), 'At […]
- trinsic2
This isn't a vigilante movement. These cameras are being installed without any constitutional basis. And people don't need legal authority to correct an unlawful camera installation problem that cities are not handling.
- SXX
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.