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submitted 6 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.earth/m/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world/t/2647694

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

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[–] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Just remember that lasers literally point back at you. So if you are recorded by any other camera they will see exactly who or what vehicle did this. If it's a strong enough laser it's likely a visible beam too so in a crowd it will be extremely obvious who is pointing it.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago

    So back in the day the way you'd burn out a security camera was to swap out the diode in a pointer with a CD/dvd burner laser. They're practically invisible and can pop baloons or start fires from about 50ft. Then the real trick is to get underneath the camera, you can reach just into the field of view and the lens will make sure enough of it gets to the camera to damage it. To an uninformed observer it just looks like you're trying to light a smoke or tie a shoe or check a text.

    Things have changed since then, but I can't imagine that much.

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