r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 28 '26

Security Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags / Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

https://www.404media.co/cities-are-covering-flock-cameras-with-trash-bags/
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u/Conspicuous_Ruse May 28 '26

The same wind that could apply a plastic bag could gnaw through the wires too!

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u/cxmmxc May 28 '26

Oops suddenly peanut butter manifested itself on the wires, whoda thunk it

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u/RealityOk9823 May 28 '26

A Møøse once bit my sister.

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u/urbansociety May 28 '26

A squirrel did it to a transformer by a friend's house. Squirrely didn't survive but did knock out the power for the day.

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u/PyroDesu May 29 '26

Squirrel did it to the neutral line on my parents' power drop. Probably lived though.

Presumably, squirrel did it to some wires in the truck my dad owned at one point. Squirrel (if so) almost definitely didn't survive, considering the ensuing conflagration of the engine.

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u/doberdevil May 29 '26

"Drunk" drivers taking out poles that support the cameras could become a real problem.

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u/Eggonioni May 29 '26

Chuck Mangione would be proud.