I miss the old Internet, where people would just post pictures of cut down cameras in their neighborhood, rather than this twee "haha, they've all got winning lottery tickets, hehe, I hope someone else does this for me"
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Probably harassing homeless people :(
By next year there will be cities in which drones are dispatched to disperse any crowd of 5 or more people, anywhere the AI sees them.
It is unironically illegal to stand around with more than 2 people outside in russia, which maga is so adamant to follow the example of, so you are not far off.
Completely unrelated:
You can buy lasers on Temu that you should absolutely not point at a camera because it will burn it out almost immediately.
Some are especially dangerous, because they include "spread caps" that make it a bunch of dots or a design meaning you could easily accidentally put out the cameras in Flock towers or drones with a passing flash.
Because even if it's AI, it needs to see where it's flying.
Could you link one, please?
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EIj59ym
Just be careful with other peoples eyes, dont even look at the dot, lasers are really bad toys
I would actually suggest against pointing a class 3 laser above the horizon. I have tried to figure out how far one would be at full illumination and I had no way of measuring over 2km. Any pilot can see one from like a 10 km radius of the beam.
It 100% is dangerous.
But...
By next year there will be cities in which drones are dispatched to disperse any crowd of 5 or more people, anywhere the AI sees them.
Acceptable levels of danger depends on the situation.
Statistically speaking you're more likely to be shot if you own a gun. I'd still recommend Americans have at least a gun these days.
That's not the same as saying go drive around busting caps like it's 2016 again. Just like pointing out the cheapness of those lasers and what they do to surveillance and drones isn't telling people to buy one today and a month later when it shows up use it like a searchlight on premier night.
Things happen fast these days, if people are legitimately concerned about widespread use of government surveillance drones...
$50 can buy some peace of mind.
So, youre saying someone could be out of visual range of a camera and still take it down? Thats horrible!
I am saying class 3 lasers are not toys, they are kind of dangerous.
And by the following year, top hats housing hidden EMP cannons will be all the rage.
Finally! A use for all these gears and gauges!
Yeah, they were already doing this with their own cameras.
I got real tired of being told to stop "loitering" by a pre-recorded voice every time I came up the alley to pick up my McDonald's order, just because someone else hates homeless people so much that they're willing to alienate their own regular customers.
I heard flock hid a bitcoin in one of their cameras like Willy Wonka's golden ticket. If you find it you get to keep it.
They also make excellent toilets, after some tinkering.
I think the flipside to all this is that over time it will legitimately damage the police's ability to do actual investigative work if all they learn and put into practice is "consult Flock" for every trivial thing. If Flock is damaged or circumvented or comes up empty, what then?
They'll frame somebody like they always have, you think cops ever gave a fuck about investigating things?
When the victim is themselves or their preferred clientele, sure. You think they sit on their ass if a cop gets shot during a traffic stop?
The murder resolution rate in the USA is already very low. Police also don't have any obligations to protect or serve. They don't care.
Did you all hear? There's as platinum in a flock camera as a catalytic converter.