Comment on Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage.

• hector@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • modus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They’re dying for an honorable cause. /s

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• elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    guessing because it goes through the sprayer

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    • SubUrbanIT@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thins the paint’s viscosity down maybe?

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      • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t know. I’m not a wizard

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  • wookiepedia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Brake fluid would etch the glass of the lenses. Cleaning the surface wouldn’t return the camera to service. Better than paint would be any other substance to thin out the brake fluid for application, particularly if it were less noticeable than paint. That would cause the repair order to come in from lost data collection rather than a report of vandalism, denying them creeping time and that sweet, sweet data. Definitely don’t do that.

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    • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I didn’t know that, and I have used liters of the stuff. Learn something every day.

      Is it just Dot3? Dot4 is more common these days.

      BTW, kids, we are talking about brake fluid, so don’t go spraying it on your camera lenses!

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      • wookiepedia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Was away for a few days and just saw this reply. Yeah, brake fluid is super corrosive, especially on glass. The DOT rating (3, 4, 5, etc.) doesn’t play a role in how corrosive it is, it’s more about the different additives and composition of the specific fluid and what it’s service life is. The more you know…

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• Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why not?

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  • Sunflier@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• modus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What would brake fluid do?

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