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Re:At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five sta... by Barbing on Sunday May 17, 2026 @02:01PM (#48171418)
I wonder how many Flock decision makers will take personal offense to their little installations being damaged

Can imagine hydraflock scenario. Like some people close bathrooms permanently after bad vandalism on one occasion, maybe a city council person orders that extra cameras be installed so every camera can be recorded by a second camera.

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Re:At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five sta... by pc86 on Sunday May 17, 2026 @03:26PM (#48172372)
> I wonder how many Flock decision makers will take personal offense to their little installations being damaged

I'd bet any amount of money it will be approximately 0.

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Re:At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five sta... by Barbing on Sunday May 17, 2026 @03:33PM (#48172448)
Easy for people to feel disrespected when damaging property associated with them, no?
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Re:At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five sta... by pc86 on Monday May 18, 2026 @02:25PM (#48183511)
You think the secretary at one of the Flock offices feels personal disrespect hearing about a camera 2,000 miles away getting spray painted? Someone writing code for the web app? The guy wiring up the solar panel?

No, I think for 95% of the people who work at Flock it's just a job and they could care less about the "safety" of their cameras, and I'm willing to bet the rest are so well compensated they don't really care. Or they're complete psychopaths incapable of feeling emotion at all, like the CEO who called deflock a "terrorist organization."

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Re:At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five sta... by Barbing on Monday May 18, 2026 @04:24PM (#48185082)
Oops! The Flock decision makers were supposed to be those who make decisions on installations in the communities they were elected to serve.

Thanks for your reply, sorry about that. Restated-

Community decisionmakers on local Flock installs will get their knickers bunched by vandalism, not unlike how they close bathrooms after repeated spraypaintings (or worse, ew!).

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RE: Deflock - wow! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-kZGrDz7PU) Starts by shouting out ACLU & EFF, maybe that Deflock Discord had some naughty people on it. “Terroristic” gooooodness

LOL the reporter with the perfect reply

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