<![CDATA[Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole?]]>Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole?

I share this information for no reason at all.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/3a56d84c-cc06-4488-83bc-8155f711b829/did-you-know-that-3d-printed-covers-for-flock-cameras-are-easily-printed-and-make-cameras-inoperable-when-you-plop-them-on-using-a-poleRSS for NodeThu, 03 Sep 2026 06:33:48 GMTThu, 27 Aug 2026 04:11:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:58:43 GMT]]>@mathowie put the goatse photo on the inside.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nf3xn/statuses/117167116999613548https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nf3xn/statuses/117167116999613548Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:58:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:57:04 GMT]]>@mathowie boosting to make sure nobody prints them by mistake and installs them without realizing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/117167110525150295https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/117167110525150295Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:57:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:51:23 GMT]]>@mathowie
but what if someone wants to steal all the precious materials 😭 🙀

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/floppyplopper/statuses/117167088155807474https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/floppyplopper/statuses/117167088155807474Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:51:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:46:15 GMT]]>@pthane @mathowie Speed cameras take photos when an infraction is detected. These take photos of everyone for dragnet surveillance purposes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/117167068010617259https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/117167068010617259Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:46:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:40:29 GMT]]>@ahltorp @pthane @LukefromDC @mathowie public buses in the US have been recorded for a long time. It was already commonplace enough in 1994 the movie Speed used one in the plot. The person who placed the bomb was watching the bus driver through the camera mounted in the bus. Mass transit stations are some of the heaviest surveilled places too. You’ve been told that you don’t have a choice in public.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/passwordsarehard4/statuses/117167045295021405https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/passwordsarehard4/statuses/117167045295021405Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:40:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:33:35 GMT]]>@pthane @LukefromDC @mathowie they have no guardrails for the use either. Every department I’ve heard of that got audited, failed. None of them cared to try and stop abuse. Stalking ex spouses, those spouses new interests, family members, potential love interests, they can search for anyone for any resin and never answer for why. In the movie Men in Black they had tech, Tommy Lee Jones abused it there too.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/passwordsarehard4/statuses/117167018170271176https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/passwordsarehard4/statuses/117167018170271176Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:33:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:23:49 GMT]]>@ahltorp @pthane @LukefromDC @mathowie well, you do you, but approaching it this way certainly won't make anyone care.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.slightly.tech/users/joepie91/statuses/01M11BYMNBPYVH0VBEG7NXBJB7https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.slightly.tech/users/joepie91/statuses/01M11BYMNBPYVH0VBEG7NXBJB7Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:23:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:19:35 GMT]]>@joepie91 @pthane @LukefromDC @mathowie I’m not saying the outrage is wrong, just that they didn’t show up when only less privileged people were affected. And let’s face it, nothing is going to get car people to care about pedestrians, cyclists or public transport users.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/117166963106844498https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/117166963106844498Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:19:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:14:07 GMT]]>@mardor @mathowie this. Covering camera lenses on electronics for privacy reasons is a perfectly reasonable thing to do (we shouldn't have to, but oh well), and maybe we should start thinking about covering our other cameras when we don't need them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/pwassonchat/statuses/117166941619001334https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/pwassonchat/statuses/117166941619001334Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:14:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:12:41 GMT]]>@ahltorp @pthane @LukefromDC @mathowie you're not wrong, but I suspect in this case you're going to catch more flies with "also" than with "but"... it seems like a good time to ensure that people include transit surveillance in their understanding of the problem

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.slightly.tech/users/joepie91/statuses/01M11BA88W68YDRXD999HT20R0https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.slightly.tech/users/joepie91/statuses/01M11BA88W68YDRXD999HT20R0Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:12:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:10:21 GMT]]>@mathowie it's important to help weatherproof them, after all!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.slightly.tech/users/joepie91/statuses/01M11B5ZF56RN40D2NS38PR1S5https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.slightly.tech/users/joepie91/statuses/01M11B5ZF56RN40D2NS38PR1S5Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:10:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:59:36 GMT]]>@mathowie “Let's say you want to go skinny dipping in your pool but don't want your camera to record you because you can't trust cloud providers to not have a data leak and then have your junk on the internet.”
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7374832

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruhr.social/users/mardor/statuses/117166884545703366https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruhr.social/users/mardor/statuses/117166884545703366Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:59:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:36:28 GMT]]>@mathowie Leave your electronics behind. Flock cameras now track phones, smart watches, ear buds, or any other tech device with a radio

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clayfoot/statuses/117166793560182486https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clayfoot/statuses/117166793560182486Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:36:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:34:32 GMT]]>@mathowie that also looks like a good piece to mix slow curing resin in. How you dispose of it is up to you, but that curved bowl part looks ideal

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrzarquon/statuses/117166550069538827https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrzarquon/statuses/117166550069538827Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:34:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:31:11 GMT]]>@pthane @LukefromDC @mathowie This has been going on for ages with people using public transport, but since they are lower on the social ladder, it hasn’t been seen as much of a problem.

But this messes with car people, and boy shouldn’t you mess with car people.

All mass surveillance and data retention from it is bad, but there’s a strong smell of privilege over this outrage.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/117166536888114214https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/ahltorp/statuses/117166536888114214Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:31:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:27:25 GMT]]>@pthane @mathowie a simple search for "fuck flock" will be more revealing than what I can say.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/117166522048014096https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/117166522048014096Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:27:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:25:17 GMT]]>@pthane @mathowie they contain high tech wireless tracking technology which can identify you by your phone and track individuals in their cars without the camera feature at all. Wifi mac addresses, bluetooth, cellular, anything identifiable wiill be tracked and assigned to a particular person's profile. Then there's the fact of how often these systems are wrong. Especially if your skin isn't white, because the training data was was overwhelmingly white people. Many people have faced police action and false incarceration when a flock camera in another state claims that someone who doesn't even live there has committed a crime and the police act before verifying. All kinds of "problems" which are actually features.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/117166513683954960https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/117166513683954960Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:25:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:22:05 GMT]]>@mathowie

I wonder if, hypotethically and only for educational purposes, of course, if instead of covering the lens with an opaque cover it would be more effective to cover it with something that distorts the image it sees instead -- like a fog filter, or a pane of glass smeared with vaseline or similar. Something that might not be immediately apparent when looking at the output.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/skjeggtroll/statuses/117166501084008537https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/skjeggtroll/statuses/117166501084008537Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:22:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:20:28 GMT]]>@mathowie well, the camera at least.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/117166494721128591https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/117166494721128591Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:20:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:51:28 GMT]]>@mathowie Why do tech people always reach for a tech solution?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/117166380689682170https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/117166380689682170Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:51:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:32:15 GMT]]>@fullywoolly @mathowie

I'm guessing the idea is they can be disabled without damaging them, so a person can't be arrested for criminal damage.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/mackaj/statuses/117166305163861148https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/mackaj/statuses/117166305163861148Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:32:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:18:25 GMT]]>@pthane @mathowie Well, all use of data obtained by mass surveillance either is misuse or the thin end of a wedge that is guaranteed to lead to misuse.

A stolen car found by a flock camera today is a political enemy of a Mayor, governor, or President pulled over, maybe beaten by police, and unlawfully arrested tomorrow.

Flock cameras also force people to spend time identifying and using bypass routes and extra fuel to go around the cameras.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LukefromDC/statuses/117166250786328744https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LukefromDC/statuses/117166250786328744Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:18:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:15:22 GMT]]>@LukefromDC @mathowie Thanks. So it's the date retention and misuse that's the problem.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/pthane/statuses/117166238726367329https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/pthane/statuses/117166238726367329Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:15:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know that 3D printed covers for Flock cameras are easily printed and make cameras inoperable when you plop them on using a pole? on Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:02:26 GMT]]>@pthane @mathowie They are connected to an AI network, and their purpose is to build records of everyone's travel. A speed camera (I do oppose these too) by comparison supposedly does not record any passing car that is not speeding, though there are now some speed cameras that double as license plate reader/logger cameras against ALL traffic. Thus all are targets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LukefromDC/statuses/117166187892386371https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LukefromDC/statuses/117166187892386371Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:02:26 GMT