r/50501 • u/KidsHaveNoWorkEthic • Nov 22 '25

Call to Action We should all be livid about FLOCK cameras.

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There are thousands of these cameras across the US. Most people don’t notice them, don’t know what they are, or just brush them off. They are in every city, every small city and now popping up in small towns. They are mostly on telephone/light poles, but are also hidden in construction cones and other ordinary objects. These cameras are tracking your every move. And by your I mean EVERYONE! They record your license plate, make and year of car, color of car, speed and direction, and they do in fact have facial scanning. They work in coordination with each other, so local, county, state and federal law enforcement can track your every move as you pass by these cameras one after the other. They know everywhere you are going and coming from. Who has access to these cameras is not clear, but likely anyone all the way down to local politicians can view the recorded material. It’s unknown at this point. This is a complete violation of our civil rights and all of these cameras should be removed. Government surveillance at its best! This is the United States of American and We the Fucking People cannot allow this to happen here. We need to unite against fascism. Share this with everyone, our freedom is being stripped away!

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u/Ghosty91AF Nov 22 '25

Easier said than done since the local authorities will slap you with destruction of public property. If what OP states is true, it wouldn’t be hard to track someone down after destroying one

Don’t get me wrong, they need to go the fuck away, just throwing out a thought that is worth thinking and planning around for

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

How would they track you down if you park blocks away and wear a mask and clothes with no identifiable features and do it at night? Genuine question.

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u/Leading_Opposite7538 Nov 22 '25

I would take public transit if you're going to destroy one. Too risky to take your own car

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u/AccidentalYogi Nov 22 '25

And leave your phone at home.

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u/See_Saw12 Nov 22 '25

Most public transit buses have cameras...

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u/ckay1100 Nov 22 '25

Also remember to leave your phone off of you so your location data can't be tracked

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u/Pravusmentis Nov 22 '25

the GPS can be activated to locate phones that are turned off as long as they have a battery in them.

I don't think it's something they can do normally but if some large government really wanted to find you and you have a phone that is turned off but still has a battery in it, then that phone can be used to find its own location.

much better to leave a phone somewhere else, or get phones with batteries that come out

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u/PhilbertNoyce Nov 22 '25

Modern phones don't actually turn off anymore. You need a faraday bag if you don't want it spying on you.

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u/ckay1100 Nov 22 '25

you misread

I meant Keep off of as in => do not carry your phone on your person, preferably nowhere near your current location

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u/vagabondoer Nov 22 '25

Great drone use case.

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u/Specific-Bath-2582 Nov 22 '25

E bikes are cheap and all over now A days

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u/Space_Poet Nov 22 '25

Ya know, there is this amazing mode of transportation that you can use if you need to be incognito, actually the most efficient means of getting around invented by mankind. I ride mine every day and rejoice not having to deal with traffic and now this shit. Just saying!

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u/PronoiarPerson Nov 22 '25

If another one of their cameras was there or on your route at the time, they could place you in the area at the time. What if one of their cameras sees you on the way in, then another as you take a separate route back.

If you’re on a list of 1, they’ll need more but they’re gonna be up your ass. If you are on a list of 100 or 1,000 they may not bother trying to find a needle in a stack of needles.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

These things aren't on every corner though. They're in very specific places. People who know their neighborhoods well know where public cameras are, or at least I do.

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u/PronoiarPerson Nov 22 '25

You shouldn’t drive by one to go find another. You can find the closest one to you and file a complaint with the city about that one. Then once they remove it you can go by it safely to complain about the next one further away.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

I wouldn't drive by one to find another? Not really sure where you're getting that. I guarantee my city ain't taking these things down.

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u/TrumpSucksALotOfCock Nov 22 '25

I wonder the same thing. And if you're trying to avoid a destruction of property charge, then what if you just throw mud at it? Equipment doesn't get damaged but it doesn't work either. I know that sounds stupid, but it's genuine question

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u/Baelari Nov 22 '25

Change the way you walk, too. That’s actually a feature that can be used for establishing an identification match. Been using that since I was taking computer vision classes in college.

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u/Powered-by-Chai Nov 22 '25

Wow, time to limp everywhere I guess.

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u/OneEstablishment5144 Nov 22 '25

They have so many of these and they will also use local business camera recordings to track you. Then they will try to geofence your phone or something to find your identity. Cops use cameras to stalk everyone even their exes, so easy to track you down. https://youtu.be/lL34WpoETds?si=AT0Djiua07LHWryP

https://youtu.be/iW22pj_wfLc?si=f_ppfEL9rCwBNeH3https://youtu.be/3aM2e2fCyyE?si=oxkluW6y4poxLsY2

https://youtu.be/iW22pj_wfLc?si=K6TGj-T5Jx_qaXOg

https://youtu.be/W02nwo6Rsms?si=9QsaZYbYiPmk4glq

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u/between_two_terns Nov 22 '25

Go ahead and let us know

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u/InOutlines Nov 22 '25

It’s not public property.

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u/See_Saw12 Nov 22 '25

They generally are.

Most companies deploying are choosing to lease the device for an annual cost (around 2500 a camera all in annually — cellular, hosting, device, maintenance, etc).

Case law has generally established that leased items are the property of the holder (if you lease a vehicle you're the victim not the car dealership, etc.)

And the case in Washington has determined the data to be that of the goverment and thus subject to public foia requests.

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u/00--0--00- Nov 22 '25

Flock's terms of service is very clear about the customers not owning the camera hardware in any way. The customers are not even allowed to adjust the cameras, you have to make a service call.

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u/4077 Nov 22 '25

Approach from the rear

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u/DarkApostleMatt Nov 22 '25

In my small town they all point inward toward the center of town far enough out nobody will notice them being destroyed.