I recently discovered a company called Flock which apparently is building a massive surveillance network. I came across a reddit post on r/sysadmin where an admin received a request to install a black box device so that law enforcement could access cameras.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_Safety

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-to-pump-the-brakes-on-your-police-departments-use-of-flocks-mass-surveillance-license-plate-readers (disclaimer: I don’t support the political views of ACLU)

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1eu0fje/local_police_want_permanent_access_to_our_cameras/

I like the last pictures , looks someone ripped one and examined it. I was about to suggest to do that break them at night

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I wouldn’t commit a crime. That seems like a very bad idea and could result in a criminal record and prison time.

Fight with our spirit, voice and civil disobedience.

Exactly. Thats exactly the right thing to say on public social media. We are all obedient little pigs here.

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Yeah thats worked out great so far eh?

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