• CubitOom@infosec.pubOP
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      1 hour ago

      Only antifa criminals would do this.

      If you are an anti-antifa American who loves how much the government surveils us all and violates our constitutional rights, then you would never do anything like this.

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    Aren’t the criminals the once putting up the cameras? The heroes are actually the ones taking them down.

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    13 hours ago

    Flock cameras are probably less than 1% of the total surveillance state (that needs to be dismantled)

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      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.

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      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

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        Hey, totally unrelated, but how does one cut copper pipes mounted close to the wall?

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      16 hours ago

      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

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        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.

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    20 hours ago

    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.