I hate both short form and vertical videos, but in this case I'll make an exception.
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Aren't the criminals the once putting up the cameras? The heroes are actually the ones taking them down.
I thought the criminals are the ones putting those things up there?
Weird.
Criminals ✋
Privacy enthusiasts ✅
The people taking down flock cameras are heroes not criminals.

Much quieter
These things are a pain to use. Especially the cheap ones require more force than you'd expect and occasionally get stuck. They make a good clean cut but it's so slow and awkward that if you were wanting to do vandalism they're impractical relative to a reciprocating saw or better yet portable band saw.
I also wouldn't underestimate the power of spray paint, even though it's simple to fix it's still expensive when the contract specifics all the maintenance must be done by flock themselves.
And slower. Great for plumbing, not so much a 3" aluminum post with 1/4" walls
But hey, I might be wrong. 30yrs in the trades, but I've never tried cutting down an aluminum post with a pipe cutter
Also if the method varies from person to person, or one person uses a unique method, it's easier to get multiple vandalism charges to stick
Would a straight cut be easier to add a union joint to and thus make the cost of repair slightly lower?
I guess it would depend on priorities
Nah, they wouldn't bother repairing the tube regardless of how it's cut. If they did and the repair broke, hitting someone, they'd have to take the liability. For a company with their funding, a length of ally tube and the cost to dig it into the ground is fuck all.
edit to add: but multiplied by hundreds of them being cut down, it's not not fuck all. and it's funny.
Flock cameras are probably less than 1% of the total surveillance state (that needs to be dismantled)
This is horrible! No one should definitely do this!
I glad the word is getting out, finally we can see for ourselves exactly how this crime is committed so we know what not to do in the future. Knowledge is power.
And all the onlookers suddenly become Skyrim guards... must have been the wind
He was the punkest motherfucker I ever did see
Aw, hell, he's even more punk than me!
Edit: kerning
Is a criminal to a criminal really a hero? Does a double negative become a positive? I think so.
I thought flock wasn't taking down the cameras?
Just put a bag or bucket over it, won't stop the RF gathering stuff, but cheap and quick
What's wrong with his face?
Notice how he didn't cut down the real flock camera, because he's not actually about that
Right, why didn't this guy film himself cutting down a real flock in his video about how to protect your identity that he posted to his public account. /s
I’ve seen this guy online before, he’s building a homestead out in the middle of the desert in like Arizona or something. No way he’d risk his account/income, I’m sure he checked with a lawyer before posting this
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