Philadelphia “Camover” Network Publicly Claims Surveillance Sabotage and Calls for Renewed Attacks
Source: Philly Anti-Cap
Executive Summary
An anonymous Philadelphia based anti surveillance collective publicly claimed responsibility for widespread destruction of surveillance cameras during a mid summer 2025 “Camover” action and issued a renewed call for coordinated attacks through Winter 2026. The post explicitly celebrates criminal sabotage, provides operational details, glorifies property destruction, and encourages continued attacks against surveillance infrastructure.
Analysis
The Camover S25 reportback reflects an established pattern of anarchist and anti tech sabotage activity that treats surveillance infrastructure as legitimate targets and frames criminal action as community defense. The language used openly endorses continued attacks and attempts to normalize and expand participation by framing sabotage as creative, communal, and seasonal.
The author claims at least 37 surveillance devices disabled through paint, smashing, rope removal, chemical etching, and forced access using tools and disguises, indicating hands on experience and tactical familiarity with camera infrastructure.
The post explicitly celebrates criminal identity and violence against property, stating “Let’s hear it for the rowdies, the rebels, creatives, party kids, criminals, insurrectos,” which signals ideological alignment with insurrectionary anarchist currents.
The author issues a direct call for renewed action, stating “we are taking the opportunity to formalize a call for a Winter Games 2026” and inviting readers to “renew and sharpen an anti tech, anti surveillance tendency thru attack, study and experimentation,” which constitutes an open invitation to continued sabotage.
The framing of surveillance as a gendered and oppressive threat is used to morally justify attacks, with rhetoric rejecting being observed and explicitly endorsing destruction of lenses and monitoring devices.
The post does not merely document past activity but functions as a recruitment and mobilization artifact, encouraging escalation by framing winter months as an extended operational window. The inclusion of specific techniques, tool references, and quantified outcomes lowers barriers for copycat action and suggests intent to inspire replication rather than simply memorialize past events.
