Air Force Engineer Accused Of Cutting Down AI Cameras Becomes Unlikely Hero, Raises Thousands For Legal Defense

A U.S. Air Force engineer charged with allegedly destroying a series of AI-powered license plate surveillance cameras has become an unlikely cause célèbre among privacy advocates, drawing thousands of dollars in donations to help fund his legal defense, according to Yahoo News.

Jeffrey Sovern, a 41-year-old Air Force engineer and mechanic from Virginia, is accused of cutting down multiple Flock Safety license plate reader cameras. He now faces 13 counts of destruction of property, along with six counts each of petit larceny and possession of burglary tools.

He also urged supporters to continue advocating against what he called an expanding surveillance network, encouraging people to “reach out to the local governments and demand that these systems are taken down.”

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5 responses to “Air Force Engineer Accused Of Cutting Down AI Cameras Becomes Unlikely Hero, Raises Thousands For Legal Defense”

  1. 5w handheld green lasers can burn out the CCD chip on the camera.
    Milwaukee hackzall and a ‘Torch’ blade are easily concealed, work in seconds.
    The entity that installed the cameras (your town) pay for repairs, not Flock.

  2. How did he get caught?

    1. I’m willing to bet it was metadata.

  3. How to get caught destroying apparently 13 Flock Cameras with a power saw?

    I’d assume (since the Zerohedge doesn’t say) that he did this in a small radius area (10 miles or so) and over several days.

    If he was driving a car newer than about 2010 it’s likely its own tracking in the area of destruction over several days give the Police data.

    If he was so clever to bring a “Turned OFF” cellphone then from my experiences working with Mountain Rescue that even dead cellphones can be pinged by cell towers for location AND Cellphone ID, well….

    And the ever-present walkers, dog walker and those folks that still wear COVID masks just seeing his activity and being “Good Sheeple” they used their cellphone to record him getting into his car.

    I could think of a few other ways, but these are easy and Police like easy work.

    If you’re going to play in the streets don’t expect to be able to return to your normal life and go to work.

  4. David this is more for your research.

    Folks that think having a VPM covers you on the internet have been bamboozled if they are Windows users.

    SNIP What is a GDID?
    A GDID (Global Device Identifier) is a persistent, unique identifier assigned to each Windows installation by Microsoft. It is used to track and identify a specific device or virtual machine across Microsoft services, even after operating system updates

    Hat tip to John Wilders site

    https://wilderwealthywise.com/the-economics-of-the-surveillance-state/

    I didn’t want this to disappear in the old comments section.

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