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aquirtoday at 3:28 PM4 repliesview on HN

I don't get why any of these devices are still intact...


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Manuel_Dtoday at 6:13 PM

Because most of the American public is not as reflexively anti-Flock as HN would lead you to believe. People acting like cameras recording their activities in public is some sort of grave privacy violation are not the norm.

Cameras recording tour activity in malls, and on public roads has been the case since the 90s. Flock became a lightning rod of attention due to ICE, but they don't actually represent any change from the status quo.

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AstroNutttoday at 5:32 PM

Right? The installers conveniently made them within baseball bat range. Luckily, we don't have them where I live (small West Texas town).

EA-3167today at 4:56 PM

Are you willing to potentially be prosecuted to make a point that will ultimately come down to, "The cameras you destroyed are replaced with newly purchased units"?

The way to beat this isn't vandalism, it's getting them banned from every municipality and county in the country, while fighting at state levels for more bans.

It's also silly talk from kids online, just like "Don't vote, burn your local Wal-Mart" is only meant to impress other online children. The rest of us know that you'll neither vote, nor burn down the Wal-Mart.

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inquirerGeneraltoday at 4:16 PM

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