The answer is almost certainly, but the followup question is how much pellet gun?

Lol. HOAs are on a strict boot-based diet. Any well-reasoned argument will just make them install MORE of them.

Also: I really want to introduce the neologism caligavore. Can we all make that a thing?

This seems to be a valid self-defence tactic. Grinder, large bumper with a push bar, what ever it takes to drop the device. Truck Bros can back up to the pole and push. They are designed to break away after all

Powerfull hand held lasers can damage cameras, by pointing the laser at the lens.

How about a nice coat of paint or a nice coat of rhino liner.

There are a lot of people in positions of power whos paychecks rely on them not understanding things.

Yeah, give them a nice clear picture of your license plate as it tumbles down...broadcast right to their servers

I just learned HGTV has a Jan 7 2026 show called "Neighborhood Watch". It's like America's Funniest Home Videos, but it's all doorbell/security cameras. User-submitted, I think. I absolutely refuse to believe this was a casual idea from HGTV as they struggle to maintain viewership. There's no way this isn't funded by one of these companies, meant to continue making everyone comfortable with constant surveillance and increasing the desire to have constant recording devices to catch these one-off comedic moments.

Tagline: "Everywhere you go, cameras are recording. Your neighbors are watching."

I'd recommend caution. No idea if these things have a built in GPS, but I wouldn't be surprised considering how easy/cheap it is for electronics hobbyists to add GPS functionality to their projects. Take it home and fire it up and you may potentially be telling the gestapo right where you live.

Definitely eat ass

If only there were some way to temporarily cover up the license plate.

Gonna take some dedication and planning and a gas powered cut off saw.

If you go this route, you'll be suspect #1 if anyone else ever takes more aggressive defensive measures against the cameras.

We had a guy here who stole a plate of a cop car and drove through a speed enforcement camera to the tune of $6000 worth of fines to the cop car. Not saying you should do anything like that but you have to respect his hustle

Why not?

Because that would be illegal, and advice in easy-to-acess ways to sabotage fascism should not be shared anywhere.

Good.

But what about steel?

Just be aware, many of these cameras have multiple other cameras pointing at eachother. Also the map cant be trusted to show all cameras. my neighborhood alone, has at least 4 that dont show up on the map.

Multiple black trash bags, then.

Also, if you know of some that aren't mapped (and are actually flock cameras, not city) you should add them.

This is 'muricha you can use 9mm \s

No need to be crass.

That’s a microcosm of what they want to do in Taiwan.

Just please wear properly rated safety glasses and keep them away from bystanders.

I would like to have a brief discussion with whoever downvoted you.

Careful with reflections though!

There's two on each of the roads to my favorite local freeway and there's two in the parking lot of my local hardware store

That's the beauty of downvotes: no f-ing context on why people disagree with you or if they even do and are just holding a vendetta from somewhere else, since they aren't forced to indicate why.

The account enjoys making a lot of very questionably inconsistent downvotes over their far fewer upvotes and even comments their own suggestion on how to sabotage Flock surveillance cameras in the thread yet doesn't seem to be an edgelord in their own comments, so who knows. Unlike upvoting, where you presumably agree with a comment, downvoting provides no context as you have no clue why or how much they disagreed with something. Presumably the statement was too simplistic to resonate with their refined tastes, which to avoid the downvote should presumably have been stated with the collection of words they would favor as an argument, if they ever bothered to make it.

I think >50% of my up votes are me swiping right to go back but missing the screen border by a tiny bit, causing the jerboa swipe to vote to kick in.

so who knows, maybe they just accidentally hit the downvote arrow while scrolling?

both ruling parties know and love this, which means we’re never turning back that clock

Stop this defeatist attitude. Yes, the Democrats are working for the ruling class. That doesn't mean we're so over, it just means we have to adapt our strategy. "Vote blue no matter who" is a dead strategy. Electoralism itself is at best harm reduction. We need to build a new movement from the ground up for the working class.

Hong Kong's now just another Mainlander city... with British characteristics.

Why shouldn't dot3 mixed with paint? Just so I know why to avoid it.

looks like he tore it off at the end after slicing most of it.

i prefer the one in the picture by a commentor, permanently remove the flock camera.

Fun fact. Air carbines, with a scope, can be very precise at short-dish range. Essentially a low powered .22, and fairly silent.

You should be careful to make sure you don't hit glass, as it may shatter.

I wonder why in most jurisdictions there is no licensing needed?

guessing because it goes through the sprayer

Who watches the watcher's watcher?

Enough with the sass

What's the business model of the repair shop in that situation?

Be aware brake fluid is like antifreeze, it tastes good to animals if they don't put bad taste in it, and kills them.

I don't take is so personally. I have someone periodically following me around downvoting everything I write too it appears. It's pathetic.

Agreed. To do properly, you would probably want a verified screen room / faraday cage room. What they use for professional EMC testing. Might be able to jerry rig one I guess, but you'd want to test it for leaks if personal safety is on the line.

You most definatly shouldent make a cell phone app that you can put in front of the camera that just cycles through random plates and includes copies of conststution. I wonder if you can do 10 per second. 36000 per hour all day long.

Oh, Great news!

Also, be sure to check that the sky is clear if you need to aim up.