Normalize flipping off Flock cams.

[dave@alvarado.social]

@alice for anybody who doesn't know, the Flock cams are those black poles with a black solar panel on top with a little black camera pod mounted below. You probably see them in road medians, entrances to neighborhoods, etc. and they stand out for having no obvious purpose.

[dave@alvarado.social]

@r0k @alice probably not since the thing it's attached to doesn't look like a car to the AI.

That said, if the solar panel were to become somehow covered or painted over or something, the battery would die pretty quickly and not recharge.

[r0k@mastodon.social]

@dave @alice oh yeah, what a shame if that were to happen

[dave@alvarado.social]

@r0k @alice just remember, those things are in fact cameras that upload 24x7, so it would be wise to approach them from behind.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

Why? Because someone is reviewing that footage to look for immigrants, and I want them to hate their job.

[symtrkl@anarres.family]

@alice Googling how many ultrabright IR LEDs can I fit in various pieces of headware, because making them hate their job is easier when I make that job as hard as humanly possible.

[notthatdelta@furry.engineer]

@alice flipping off? Normalize smashing them with a fucking brick!

[mindpersephone@spookygirl.boo]

@SymTrkl @alice Wonder if you could give someone a headache by making the IR leds strobe at the right frequency. hopefully wouldn't effect anyone looking at the hat normally, but anyone watching through a camera would see flashing lights.

Guess you'd probably have to be careful not to flash them too fast or at the wrong frequencies and cause seizures

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@notthatdelta while I love that approach and enthusiasm, I can't publicly recommend the use of bricks with #FuckICE painted on them...for legal reasons.

[shdwdrgn@tech.lgbt]

@SymTrkl @alice Hmm now I'm wondering what their camera sensitivity is to IR? Like, could I pack some IR LEDs around my license plate?

"Oh sorry, google told me it helps scare the elk off the road!"

[notthatdelta@furry.engineer]

@alice Oh I understand, totally! I also wouldn't recommend full face coverings, gloves, leaving phones at home, or approaching on foot. Definitely not suggesting anyone do any of those things!

[symtrkl@anarres.family]

@mindpersephone I feel like rolling shutter artifacts would prevent it above a certain frequency threshold, but on the other hand it's gonna be headache enough if you can get the exposure to blow out.
@alice

[chuckmcmanis@chaos.social]

@alice We need to find a qr code that encodes an exploit that takes the camera off line to wear on t-shirts.

[castanea_jo@ni.hil.ist]

@CorvidCrone @Shdwdrgn @SymTrkl @alice

last time I looked, if you wanted to destroy cameras (flock, ring, et al) you need at least a class 3 laser, hypothetically

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@Shdwdrgn modern ALPRs use a lot of anti-fuckery technology.

@SymTrkl

[ambientspace@cloudisland.nz]

@alice I feel like I saw Benn Jordan detailing several things which one should never do to those cameras.

[shdwdrgn@tech.lgbt]

@alice @SymTrkl Heh I'm not really surprised.

[dianea@lgbtqia.space]

@alice

I recently lived where Flock cameras that were put on a map were met by a specially modified off road truck like target practice. The county eventually had every Flock camera contracted to be removed.

[azulrin@c.im]

@alice the only flipping is to flip the camera over so it stops invading public spaces. Also make sure to wear a proper mask

[bit@ohai.social]

@alice I can also wave a Mexican flag in from of them to throw them off.