my neighbor hood has one right at the entrance. I make a point of flipping it off every time i pass it. Also, If you were curious how many of these violations of privacy are around you. Here you go- https://deflock.org/map
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Good, fuck this panopticon dystopia shit.
Also, some guy sliced the entire pole and left a message:
hahaha get wrecked ya surveilling fucks
They sell battery powered angle grinders at Harbour Freight.
Can't have shit in Detroit.
How can I help?
"Sabotage"
Pesky German dissidents sabotage military equipment, 1944.
Yeah, it's a weird way of spelling "liberation".
How would you take such a camera down without being spotted and tracked? Do they not look in all directions?
Not asking for all the technical details on how to take one down, just curious how so many can be taken down with so few arrests after. I guess it's a matter of good disguises?
They're not omnidirectional. You can just walk up from behind it.
right, but you do have to approach it. I think the question is more "how are people not being tracked from blocks away"
Uhhhh I think the better question is how are they?
Wear appropriate clothing/face covering. Bring paint. Paint lenses. Then dismantle camera.
Balaclava and crowbar combo?
They usually face one direction. And don't place them to watch each other afaik.
Well, that might change after this though.
Even if they do, don't be a dumbass and have your phone on you and be completely covered and approach the device via analogue method (e.g. walking, bicycle without a serial, etc).
Similar to what happened in Hong Kong a few years back when the CCP introduced metal telephone poles chock full of monitoring equipment and cameras.
Offtopic, but it's sad how all discussion about Hong Kong just slipped away into the void. I think this is the first time I've seen it mentioned in almost a year.
One of my friends just didn't even remember it happening, he thought I was making it up at first.
Great. Next hand tRump
Awsome just like in europe and the UK.... nice