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Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 47 points 8 months ago (23 children)

Couple dead pixels from a particularly bright light might well make them unable to do their plate reading job efficiently. Might make for an interesting study.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Lasers tend not to be good for camera sensors, I've heard.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I think you'd need pretty high powered lasers to do sufficient damage. I think a class 3 wouldn't be enough, or so I've heard.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (14 children)

    That might actually work, but it's probably easier and safer to just use a can of spray paint

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (12 children)

    Paint seems easier to detect and remove.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    I doubt the lenses are glass, which means the solvents in spray paint will be, effectively, impossible to clean off without damaging the lens in the process. I doubt they have a maintenance team with such finesse as opposed to one that just replaces the device, just every other US support service.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I've suggested paint before, and several people replied that there things have coatings on the lens that resist paint and other chemical attacks.

    It's almost like flock anticipated that people would be pissed off at them...

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    Its not unreasonable for an anti-crime camera manufacturer to expect criminals to paint cameras. It's a movie trope. But anyway, sure would be nice to see some compilation of attack attempts to see what sticks

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    These things are usually pretty high up. The camera in my neighborhood are about 15ft / 4.5m up. When one goes down, they have to queue up for a truck to be sent out.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    If you can climb a rope, the poles that Flock use are narrow enough to be climbed the same way

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    My closest examples are banded to existing street light poles with some ~12ga stainless hose clamps, maybe 10ft up. Private parking lot security. I'm guessing your example (like the thumbnail?) is the choice for a town police dept or housing dev that can't attach to street lights

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    What shall we do with an angle grinder (3x) early in the morning?

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