Re:Ask HN: What happened to surveillance camera guy?
by Jamie9912 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:22PM
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It just loads forever :( Looks like the request times out on the video player
Re:Ask HN: What happened to surveillance camera guy?
by theartfuldodger on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:44PM
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Ah, thats terrible, I was still watching Vagrant Holiday videos
Here is a reupload - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBQi88JJ38Q
Re:Ask HN: What happened to surveillance camera guy?
by Inu on Friday March 25, 2022 @08:00AM
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Reupload is gone...
Re:Ask HN: What happened to surveillance camera guy?
by theartfuldodger on Friday March 25, 2022 @10:10AM
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That timing is interesting, I wouldn't be surprised if SCM is a hacker news reader or at least has a Google alert set up and actually saw this thread and reacted.
Using the filename and basic dorking you can still find copies as I found a half dozen last night when sharing the above link, but seems like sharing any link just helps it disappear. If the two channels are really the same producer, which seems true to me, than some of the actions recorded for Vagrant Holiday are not something you can put your face next to, if SCM was filming in his own neighborhood he may have become concerned about opsec and what clues are inadvertently remaining in that old content that could lead back to him. I don't see what external privacy/legal concern would cause all videos to be removed since they are all different subjects so I think it his choice.
Re:Ask HN: What happened to surveillance camera guy?
by Inu on Friday March 25, 2022 @10:47AM
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Yeah, I thought this too. My impression is he doesn't want to be associated with this video anymore. If I had to speculate I'd say VH seems like a person with a clear moral code who has outgrown the idea of having filmed people against their will. The video has also recently been used to make Oblivion NPC memes with a million views. I think he's tired of it, but that's mostly just speculation.
I checked other mentioned locations and you can still watch the full collection here: https://www.bitchute.com/video/OkQQggPH6a9B/