Why the Flock Backlash Has Gotten So Intense. The sudden anger about these cameras seems to reflect more than just wariness about the surveillance system.

They stole our content too.

"The revolution will not be televised." The people responsible for putting the cameras in will do everything they can to make you feel powerless and isolated, especially suppressing information about rebellions.

Rupet Murdock controls most TV stations, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, news websites, and "news" YouTube channels.
You will not see anything on the news about people organising or fighting back against the system he's worked so hard to create.

The Flock cameras at my local Home Depot (which I like to call "Flock Depot") were cut right off of the poles a few weeks ago.

I live in the Puget Sound area though, where people are more willing to take some sort of action

Start chopping them down, or destroying them by some means

If you don’t already have the requisite equipment, be sure to leave the local area to purchase it, pay cash, and obscure your face (also make sure that they can’t track you to the store specifically, use a flock map, a bike might be more prudent than a car depending on the scenario.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Halloween night is coming up: the one night of the year where it isn't suspicious at all to walk around with a full face mask. Put on a generic, common costume with a full face mask. Leave your phone at home (these things track nearby phones). Take down a camera or two yourself. Tell NOBODY what you did. It only takes a few people doing that in each town to bring down a massive number of cameras.

I’ve seen posters taped up under the cameras, but I also see more cameras.

Have to ever been to a meeting of your local council? Have to gone door to door to talk to your neighbors about it? It took years of effort to remove them here.

I'm thankful there doesn't seem to be any in Canada yet so not really

I've seen yard signs related to data center push back near me. It's anecdotal, but I've heard others speak about the cameras around here in negative ways (it was at a haircut!). It seems subdued, but I suspect there's much more on people's minds, they just aren't letting it be known.

I wish we’d seen the same outcry from the patriot act, flock is just a money grab, FT Meade already knows EVERYTHING about you

They've for as much platinum in them as a catalytic converter.

Here in South Africa, they're rolling out similar surveillance infrastructure.

Not as advanced as flock, but invasive enough. Protected by "but, crime". Backlash isn't widespread enough yet.

It's called Vumacam. Their CEO is literally called Richard Croock. Dick Crook is meant to help stop crime in South Africa. Fucking kak movie.

The country is going through a brutal energy crisis, but no, it's okay we can leave the cameras and the data processing centres on because they solve a negligible amount of crime, sometimes.

I can ramble on about this, but I just want to say, if it means anything, that I am proud of you Americans standing up to this bullshit. Sometimes using those things as literal target practice. Gives me hope in humanity.

Leave up the cameras in DC!

They are not awake near me. They continue to beleive there's a tangible benefit to safety.

And they also have RAM which is now hella expensive because of the race for AI.

Fuck off

How do them boots taste, peon?

To be this fearful of false narratives is to be anti-American imo.

If it really is just about catching criminals they should make the streams public. They won't because it becomes obvious why it's an issue.

Get out of here man, lol.