Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info
JOIN THE CAMOVER OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2025
It feels rare to walk through the streets of the city without staring into the eyes of a camera at every turn; the surveillance state is pounding its fist implementing new AI technologies, such as the SPVM’s new contract adopting BriefCam. New announced features of the BriefCam Nexus system include:
-Multi-Camera Search
-Video Synopsis of a person’s comings and goings over a period of time
-Facial Recognition
-License Plate Recognition
-Search by trait (physical or vehicle description)
-Generate alerts on individuals and geographical alerts.
Fuck the eyes of the state, join for this season’s game of CamOver! In CamOver, you play a group of humans confronted with an invasion of cameras in your neighborhood. The struggle against the cameras is important, but your own survival is essential! To win you must form teams with friends in your neighborhood and destroy as many cameras as possible. The game starts the weekend of the 2025 Anarchist Tech Convergence and continues through to the end of November 2025. Be quick and move unseen, dead circuits on pavement. The neighborhood with the most points wins the game.
Let the vandalism begin!
Let’s make this harvest season bountiful!
Terms of Engagement (as seen in the previous mtl camover)
1. Preparation
Speak with your friends and gather a small affinity group. Walk around your area and identify the potential targets. During the scouting, take care to note the following aspects for each target: where to mask up without being seen, where to position the lookouts, and where the exit route will be.
Gather the following items:
mask, gloves & unidentifiable clothing
extinguisher / hammer / rope / spraypaint / rocks
2. Sabotage
The night has arrived. Choose the right tool and be on your way. Position the lookouts, mask up at the predetermined spots and check that no one sees you. Carry out the act of sabotage and then take the exit route as quickly as possible.
3. Let people know
Count up your points: one for each camera. Write a short text recounting the actions and send it to mtlcounterinfo.org. You can also attach an image or video to the text. If you manage to leave with any of the destroyed cameras, get creative: pose with them, dance with them, turn them into puppets or an art installation.
Why play?
• To develop skills and affinity that can be used in many situations: using certain tools, planning actions, becoming unidentifiable, escaping from the police, communicating during these types of moments.
• Keep our streets surveillance free; let the SPVM know that we will not tolarate this new wave of surveillance tech
• Transform our relationships to our neighborhoods: develop an intimate knowledge of the streets, the buildings, the alleys, etc.
• Make the neighborhood safer: for people whose daily activities are criminalized (drug dealers, sex workers, etc.), for graffiti writers, and for those who wish to struggle against systems of domination.
For camera mapping in Montreal:
montreal.sous-surveillance.net
To post communiques of your actions:
mtlcounterinfo.org
For more info:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/blinding-the-cyclops
Using rope
• Attach a small object, such as a piece of wood, to a rope.
• Throw the rope over the camera arm.
• Grab the two ends of the rope and pull!