who@feddit.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoFlock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone camerasarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down12cross-posted to: movies@piefed.socialarstechnica_index@ibbit.at
arrow-up1289arrow-down1external-linkFlock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone camerasarstechnica.comwho@feddit.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square63fedilinkcross-posted to: movies@piefed.socialarstechnica_index@ibbit.at
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·22 hours agoSee the problem there is that it doesn’t scale. You can only take down so many cameras. Now if you convince the local scrappers that the things are full of copper…
minus-squaretornavish@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·22 hours agoWell, don’t sell yourself short—one camera per person destroys them all. It’s gotta start somewhere. I’m sure those cameras would probably resell somewhere. Sell them back to flock 🙃
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·22 hours agoSure. If all you can do is steal one camera, then steal one camera. But… Steal one camera, stop surveillance for a day. But teach a cracky to steal cameras for cash, stop surveillance for a generation.
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 hours ago“Genious Gray Hat creates open-source software to repurpose second-hand flock cameras for personal use; Flock cameras start flooding Craigslist and eBay”
See the problem there is that it doesn’t scale. You can only take down so many cameras.
Now if you convince the local scrappers that the things are full of copper…
Well, don’t sell yourself short—one camera per person destroys them all. It’s gotta start somewhere.
I’m sure those cameras would probably resell somewhere. Sell them back to flock 🙃
Sure. If all you can do is steal one camera, then steal one camera.
But…
Steal one camera, stop surveillance for a day. But teach a cracky to steal cameras for cash, stop surveillance for a generation.
Haha cracky 😂
Made me lol, too!
“Genious Gray Hat creates open-source software to repurpose second-hand flock cameras for personal use; Flock cameras start flooding Craigslist and eBay”