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YouTuber Builds System That Mimics Flock to Spy on Cops; Then the Cops Came Knocking
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this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2026
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Would be pretty cool if we could build a crowdsourced network of these that do basically exactly what flock does, but just to keep a constantly updated public database of the location of all cop cars, hopefully with the ability to associate cars to specific officers with names, photos and badge numbers.
We could call them "drove cameras." A drove is a term that refers to a group of pigs.
Live stream the cops body cams.
Sty Cams
Damn it, I like both terms!
I could only come up with swineveillance ๐