Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.

I just love seeing people fighting back against this bullshit.

Flock cameras are typically mounted on 8 to 12 foot poles and powered by a solar panel. The smashed remains of all of the above in La Mesa are the latest examples of a widening anti-Flock backlash. In recent months, people have been smashing and dismantling the surveillance devices, in incidents reported in at least five states, from coast to coast.

  • Arghblarg
    33·
    16 hours ago

    I doubt ‘just’ painting the lenses would be treated as any less criminal than other ways of disabling them. It would still be considered vandalism at a minimum, and given the climate in the US now, probably terrorism. Wear a MAGA hat while you’re doing whatever you’re doing and maybe you’ll get pardoned if you can frame your motivations well enough /s

    I’d thought of drones right away too – but those are being criminalized so rapidly esp. in the USA from what I hear… and drones can draw a lot of attention esp. in certain areas.

    DVD-writer lasers are, if I recall, not visible to the naked eye, which makes them quite dangerous (cheesy video apparently confirms this, at the end). If paired with a visible light or dollar-store visible laser pointer, to set up the aim… then just leave the DVD laser on for a few minutes or however long it would take to burn out the CCD.

    But again, heavens PLEASE never aim them skywards.

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
      2·
      13 hours ago

      I mean you wouldn’t be destroying them. I’m sure it would be a marginally lesser charge but no doubt you’d get charged eventually.