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Today, we're going to be talking about
Flock cameras, because it seems like the
problem gets better and worse at the
same time. If you don't know what Flock
cameras are, Flock cameras are
essentially these little AI cameras that
watch your every move, and recently got
an upgrade with Signal Trace by
Leonardo. We did an entire video on what
Signal Trace is, and what it does, and
how insanely accurate we are becoming an
actual Orwellian world. If you're new to
this channel, how's it going? I'm your
pal Calvin. Today, we're going to be
talking about Flock cameras. Here in my
home state of Northern Virginia, Fairfax
County and Loudoun County have had Flock
cameras for years. And for the longest
time, nobody questioned it. Nobody knew
what these cameras were, and they
assumed that they were there for their
own protection and their own privacy.
But, while that might be a little bit
true, it seems like the problem is only
getting worse. Flock cameras are now
being approved in Virginia for ticketing
purposes. Passed too far on a stop sign,
you'll receive a ticket in the mail. No
cop, no interaction, just cut and dry.
This is somewhat insane, because people
make mistakes. Human error is a very
real thing. And if you thought that was
bad, it actually gets a whole lot worse.
Based on an observation, it seems like
these cameras are placed around
apartment buildings typically, or
low-income housing, or places that cops
would typically want to keep an eye out
of a bunch of people at the same time.
Go up north towards McLean, which is the
um upper echelon of the Northern
Virginia area, they're very few and far
between, especially during a war drive.
They seem to pop up especially around
apartment buildings, so it seems like
where you live depends on how surveilled
you actually might be. In this fight
against Flock, you have three types of
people. You got the one person who uses
applications like DeFlock or any type of
hardware based around ESP32s by Colonel
Panic or the Biscuit Pro or the Marauder
devices or a Hail Hound. There are many
devices that detect these Flock cameras,
and then plan their routes accordingly
using applications like Deflect or Flock
You, open-source databases that are
there in place to help give you a sense
of awareness of where they are so that
you aren't as surveilled as they want
you to be. But you have the Flock CEO
calling these type of actions
terroristic or antifa, or just throwing
keywords that aggressor, agitator,
things of that sort that basically mark
these type of people as terrorists when
they're just trying to be concerned
about their own privacy and don't want
themselves to be logged in a database.
Now, inspired by the Blade Runners of
the United Kingdom, you have people who
are stepping up to actually damage these
cameras. And while one side is calling
them criminals and the other side is
calling them patriots, and no matter
where on the fence you are, some people
are not aware of the ramifications of
what happens when these cameras are cut
down. And some are actually not taking
proper precautions to cover their faces
in the right way. Flock cameras are
loved by authorities because they use
infrared to see through articles of
clothing, and they're used to
specifically map out the face of the
Blade Runner if they're just wearing a
shiesty. And while some people are
getting creative and using methods that
can
basically trick the camera into not
seeing them, others, however, are not
taking precautions at all. And examples
like this
PETER THIEL. PETER THIEL. WELL, WELL,
WELL, it's a Flock camera. Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel. Peter Thiel. I SEE YOU,
PETER THIEL.
We have a message.
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We the people of the United States of
America are not going to stand for that
police state.
Obviously, I don't condone this type of
heroic, I mean, criminal behavior. And
this video is just me reporting on the
Flock camera problem, and I don't
condone any illegal activity.
However, each camera is actually worth
its weight in copper and gold, and the
solar panels on it can be used for a
multitude of projects, and the battery
pack inside is
actually pretty decent. Now, the third
type of person is the individual that
shows up to city council meetings and is
prepared. And that's kind of the keyword
here is being prepared. There are
pre-written statements on many websites
that I've linked down below where you
can show up to your next city council
meetings. There's also dates about it as
well, and you can let your voice be
heard in the most calculated way,
because it seems like when you have a
cunning enemy, you need a cunning
solution. And having everything
pre-written, what to say, how to say it,
and when to say it, can make a
difference not only for you, your
family, your friends, but your community
around you. Now, depending on who you
ask, Blade Runners are making a
difference all across the United States,
as well as students and anybody who's
willing to make an extreme form of
protest from these cameras being placed
outside their neighborhoods or in their
route of business or on their way to
work. There are so many instances where
these are just being placed in a row to
be able to surveil an entire street.
But Flock's solution to this is to
demonize and to accuse and basically
label anybody who goes against it,
including the founders of De-Flock and
anybody willing to use De-Flock, which
makes no sense to me. How does using an
app to protect your privacy and to keep
a
what could be considered an evil
organization from knowing where you are
at all times be a terrorist
organization? And that, within itself,
is disgusting and it says a lot about
the people in charge of this type of
movement. And they're not really that
concerned about the Blade Runners
because it costs you and they just found
a new solution. Flock drones. And yes,
you heard me correct. This isn't some
conspiracy theory. This is a fact. Flock
drones are now being approved all across
the United States where the threat of a
camera is no longer the thing that
actually matters. Now, if they need to
deploy a drone to follow a suspicious
person or anybody that they deem to be a
threat, no warrant, nothing. This is
absolutely insane because it seems like
no matter how many people stand up and
protest, Flock's answer is to get even
more diabolical. Warrantless. And we've
seen at multiple occasions where
the powers that be abuse these type of
systems as testing or internal review.
And when you let the police police
themselves, they just typically find
that there's nothing going on and
there's nothing wrong.
Unless you say something. Unless you do
something. Applications like DeDrone are
a foundation to our society now. And the
more people use it and the more people
implement it into their daily lives, the
more that they can be removed from
places like this apartment complex where
there's a Flock camera on every entrance
knowing exactly who arrived, who left,
and where somebody's going. Now, on this
channel we've gone over numerous custom
firmware end devices that can not only
detect these Flock cameras, but give you
tools to combat the signal trace aspect
as well. But you don't even need a fancy
gadget or a gizmo or
even DIY anything fancy to be able to
combat this type of surveillance. It's
as simple as downloading the DeDrone
app, planning your routes against these
cameras, and helping contribute to map
these cameras out for others to be able
to do the same.
People have to stand up for what they
believe in and say something because it
just seems recently that nobody wants to
say anything that could be in the realm
of being slightly difficult. And this is
how oppressors
get away with oppressing
large amounts of people at the same
time. You can do something about it. You
can literally make a difference. You
don't want to show up to a city council
meeting. You don't want to let your
voice be heard, then these drones will
get approved in a city near you. And
then more and more people will be
falsely accused, monitored without a
warrant,
and ticketed, God forbid they make a
small amount of human error.
I love you faces. We'll see you next
time.
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