ALRIGHT THAT'S THE CORRECT WAY TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN, LETS FUCKING GO.
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2026
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Need to agree on a common costume, otherwise someone is going to stick out as the one guy wearing a luigi costume and coincidentally all the cameras were destroyed by one dude in a luigi costume.
Having a standard "uniform" tells the authorities who to watch and follow before anything happens.
Better to have a general strategy of "costume you can easily change / remove."
Flock will be on the alert October 31.
But I have observed you can wear a Halloween costume, including masks, any day starting October 1st without attracting (the bad kind of ) attention or seeming out of place. It's fun, economical (get more use out of costume) and I encourage everyone to do it as often as feasible. Whether you deflock your neighborhood or just provide cover for those who do, you'll also be confusing the cameras and messing with the data.
They can “be on the alert” on Halloween and it wouldn’t matter. Not like they can post a cop at all 200,000 of their cameras.
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I really, really hope people don't go out en masse and destroy every single Flock camera that is unconstitutionally filming and profiling them, because it would be a terrible crime to do so. Definitely do not do this people.
Definitely don't remind people to leave their phones at home or use a Faraday bag to shield their tech.
Indeed. Not having those signals to trace could make it significantly more difficult for law enforcement to identify you, and we certainly don't want the essential job of law enforcement to be inhibited.
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Now do Ring cams.
Basically we need to get the word out to not use products from those aligned with Trump and thiel.
So every major company, got it
Basically 🤷
This needs to gain traction...
World wide...
70 days time...
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I'm dressing as a Flockjack for Halloween! I wouldn't mind Halloween shifting to be an annual purging by the people of government surveillance.
Use Faraday pouches or leave your phone at home this Halloween. Flock cams gather Bluetooth, cellular, and WiFi data as you pass by them
It's part of the same issue - lack of US GDPR.
We need to demand US GDPR because there are other issues - companies like Lexis nexis are buying your stolen data from the dark net and reselling. Facebook pervert glasses, google siphoning our data and others we don't even know about
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Probably the rock in a shoe trick as well if that's actually a thing.
It is. If vindicator had gait tracking in 2006, flock absolutely will have it.
Take back control, people
Why wait 2 months? Just do it whenever it's convenient.
It's a night you can freely walk round with a mask on
Looking at ICE, any night is.
I really feel like you could astroturf MAGA rednecks into destroying flock cams with the right propaganda campaign. And probably a bunch of other shit they think they believe in. But there are conservative think tanks already engaged in this type of online propaganda pushing them in the other direction.
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People ask this for every boycott or nationwide movement. The real answer is that more people do it if more time is given.
Theres a reason those facebook posts or tiktoks of "We're boycotting ___ right now indefinitely!" Never really gain traction. Having one day where normies get to join in too and the data gets a sharp spike in activity is how change is noticed and effective.
"5 flock cameras are cut down nationwide weekly" is much less evocative than "On Halloween, 50,000 flock cameras were taken down in 3 hours" or something
In my shitty MAGA and evangelical suburb, they welcome Flock.
Even in wealthy 'liberal' neighborhoods they welcome them as well, because they assume they help protect them from 'the poors'.
you don't have to... ;-)
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I would be careful calling this "de-flock" because one of the more prominent groups against Flock is called Deflock and they already get lies from police calling them a terrorist organization despite never advocating for anything like tearing them down. If I really was putting on my tin foil hat, I'd say this was an intentional false flag operation called "de-flock" to further muddy the waters with regards to the Deflock organization. That's a bit much, though.
Note that I'm not saying folks shouldn't be participating, I'm only saying a different name for the activity would be prudent.
C'mon, Americans. We know you guys are cool. We believe in you! Shake this shit off!
Americans rediscover the origins Carnival and Saturnalia.
Guessing you mean:
During these festivities, there was a temporary release from social obligations and hierarchies to make way for the overthrow of order, joking and debauchery.
?
Which is... yeah, the whole origins of "trick-or-treat". Not sure it quite needs rediscovering.
Tips on how to protect yourselves when you have to, you know.
Masks, camouflage outfits park somewhere far?
Hallowe'en on its own provides a significant strategic advantage. The closeness to elections is a bit sus though
Flock is approved for drones 🤦🏻♂️
https://www.flocksafety.com/products/flock-aerodome-drone-as-automated-security
https://www.budk.com/12-Gauge-Skynet-Drone-Defense-3-Pack-35975/35975.html
Thankfully capitalists still willing to sell ya the rope to hang them with.
inb4 Mr Perennial Pumpkin cancels Halloween
Are there good ways to kill a flock camera from a distance?
Could aiming a laser at the lense damage the ccd in the camera?
Please oh please, No, a laser that is powerful enough to destroy the sensor, is more than powerful enough to blind so many people, at the same time even.
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