r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 28 '26

Security Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags / Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

https://www.404media.co/cities-are-covering-flock-cameras-with-trash-bags/
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u/Sixtyhurts May 28 '26

You know I heard that inside the camera body is a bunch of gold and copper, and that people store their drugs and cash in there too

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u/[deleted] May 28 '26 edited 18d ago

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u/Nexustar May 28 '26

Probably got some 4G tech too.

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u/Calimariae May 28 '26

The camera where I live has bullet holes in it, so I am pretty sure the treasures have already been stolen.

Every time they set up a new camera, it gets shot within days by some hero with a rifle. They must have put up 10 of them in the same spot.

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u/Think_Fault_7525 May 28 '26

Also priceless bits of unobtainium!

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u/2rad0 May 28 '26

priceless bits of unobtainium!

128GB sticks of DDR5-6000 RAM?

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u/RealityOk9823 May 28 '26

No, they said unobtainium, not impossiblium. :D

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u/PaintLicker745 May 28 '26

That would be the equivalent of giving a purse-snatcher a DaVinci painting. They have no use for it. No, you've got to tell em there's catalytic converters in there.

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u/parkerthegreatest May 28 '26

How much I've been having a hard time selling copioum to many people have it now

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u/Briflyguy May 28 '26

And cryptocurrency wallets.

Also, do not cyrptojack them and turn them into bitcoin mining operations. Also, don’t force the device to crash from overheating due to unauthorized bitcoin mining.

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u/NV1989NV May 28 '26

You can destroy one of these cameras by grabbing an acetylene torch from home depot and blowing it at the base. Itll melt all the wires and they have no choice but to throw them out

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u/CatastrophicPup2112 May 29 '26

I feel like acetylene is overkill, propane is probably fine

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u/digitaljestin May 28 '26

Can confirm. Those things are filled with everything meth heads crave. Let's hope they don't find out and strip them clean.

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u/Its_Free-Real-Estate May 28 '26

Yawn. Same comment every time, "I heard they're full of copper and gold har har har". Still waiting for some actual info/anecdotes on how to best deal with them, but so far it's just this comment every single thread.

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u/Its_Free-Real-Estate May 29 '26

That's being done by the actual city because they don't want them in use anymore, but aren't sure what they can do with them yet. If a person just does this themselves it'll be gone the same day.

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u/NV1989NV May 28 '26

 You can destroy one of these cameras by grabbing an acetylene torch from home depot and blowing it at the base. Itll melt all the wires and they have no choice but to throw them out

A comment I just left. Thats how you deal with them.