VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoCities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bagswww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square99linkfedilinkarrow-up1805arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1798arrow-down1external-linkCities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bagswww.404media.coVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square99linkfedilinkfile-text
Regretful cities aren’t sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agohonestly idk why they bothered covering them. just disconnect them… as long as they aren’t damaged I doubt flock could seek anything on it.
minus-squareem2@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agolikely safer if they ever get caught. it’s not damaging property if there’s simply a trash bag over it.
minus-squareSparroHawc@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThey have solar panels and batteries, they aren’t connected to anything.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThey’re connected to a pole.
minus-squareSparroHawc@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoOnly connected with cinch straps. They don’t have any wire connection to the pole. That’s what makes them so easy to place all around a city; they’re just throwing them onto pre-existing poles.
honestly idk why they bothered covering them. just disconnect them… as long as they aren’t damaged I doubt flock could seek anything on it.
likely safer if they ever get caught. it’s not damaging property if there’s simply a trash bag over it.
They have solar panels and batteries, they aren’t connected to anything.
They’re connected to a pole.
Only connected with cinch straps. They don’t have any wire connection to the pole. That’s what makes them so easy to place all around a city; they’re just throwing them onto pre-existing poles.