Error in the text: 1000mW laser with 532nm wavelength which is green light.
1000nm light is infrared.
Cross posted in https://lemmy.ca/post/64612634
The likelihood that you’re going to get caught anyway, this might be a better situation for an “act like you belong” approach.
Hi-vis vest, hard hat, a ladder, couple safety cones, and some tools. Just waltz right up and run a half-inch drill bit through the lens. Pack up and move on to the next one.
In my town, roads have potholes deep enough to cause damage to cars. Many intersections have been down and operating as 4 way stops for months. But somehow there’s money in the budget to do this shit. I think some vandalism might be in order to teach priorities.
It would be interesting to train an image recognition algorithm on detecting flock cameras, build a raspberry pi with two servos and put it all in a nice box to carry around. For research purposes of course.
It would be interesting to train an image recognition algorithm on detecting flock cameras
Or just query nearby bluetooth devices:
https://www.ryanohoro.com/post/spotting-flock-safety-s-falcon-cameras
EDIT: Also, those things read bumper stickers in addition to license plates. I’ve often wondered if they check for injection attacks between character recognition and storing it in their database.
Another edit: An attacker wouldn’t even need to put the sticker on their own vehicle. And a $20 thermal receipt printer (a “cat printer” as they’re known because the most popular model has cat ears and a cute cat face on it) can print on rolls of adhesive paper. I honestly wonder why no one uses them for sticker-based graffiti already. Probably because thermal prints don’t last long in sunlight.
Just use a brother P-Touch with the 24mm rolls. They are pretty weather proof from my experience.
But then you’d be the owner of something called a Brother P-Touch
(I know it’s a great label maker, I just can’t pass up a chance at low brow humor when it presents itself)
Wait till you hear about the germans Brothers Love Beard Jizz
Yall make sure you’re not visible on another camera when you try this - it’s not like they won’t be able to figure out when and where you were when you did it. FLOCKs are usually in high camera-density areas like parking lots and strip malls and such, and there’s a lot of pressure to address vandalism against the surveillance apparatus.
Severe damage off a 1 watt green laser isn’t assured. It’ll do something, but likely not fully incapacitate it. You see guys screwing with strong lasers cooking camera sensors all over Youtube.
Better off with spray paint or tape or just stealing the camera.
