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Man arrested in Oviedo [Florida] for smashing fake police Flock camera (www.wftv.com)
submitted 11 hours ago by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Imagine all that effort put into catching someone smashing a stupid camera, it could've been used on a pedophile or something.

You've been warned, they're high on the lookout for Flock vandals now.

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[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Complicated methods don't scale well and tend to amp up the punishment you'll get if caught. They also make it easy to develop a profile of you.

A slingshot can be easily hidden/disposed, is stealthy when used, and dirt cheap.

Don't do this off of your Roblox server. And don't do it if you don't know where the person who'd be stopping you is. Alibi should be established before hand.