Americans are protesting — and vandalizing — roadside cameras, as politicians and podcasters tap into the techlash.
By
Matt Stieb,
Intelligencer staff writer
Carl Gunn is outside by his pool in St. Petersburg, Florida, sitting near his weapon of choice: a pool skimmer. For the past two months, Gunn has been going out each Saturday to sit in a camping chair in front of the traffic cameras in town, using a sign attached to the net to obstruct the camera recording each and every license plate coming down the road. He calls himself the “Flock Blocker,” referring to the name of the surveillance company that has over 120,000 cameras in operation across the country. “Well, actually, I’m not blocking it,” says Gunn. “It’s a camera, and I’m giving it something to look at.”
