▲ 203 ▼ People are 3D printing covers for Flock cameras in response to “indiscriminate mass surveillance" (www.howtogeek.com) submitted 3 days ago by lowprofilestudio@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ca 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments The internet is losing it.
[–] ten8tp@reddthat.com 21 points 3 days ago (6 children) Vaseline is cheap and accomplishes the same result permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] altphoto@lemmy.today 13 points 3 days ago (5 children) Silicone spray...once a surface is contaminated with silicone there's virtually nothing that can clean it off other than gasoline or similar molecules. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 6 points 3 days ago (4 children) While gasoline is far more expensive than it used to be, it's still pretty fucking cheap for a cleaning agent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago (2 children) But you probably would not want that anywhere near a camera. Most lenses are plastic or have coatings or glues that turn hazy in contact with hydrocarbons. So its silicone hazy or crazed plastic haze. Pick your tick. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 5 points 3 days ago Eh... You'd be surprised at how trivial it is to make things impervious to such basic chemicals. This isn't the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fallibilist@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago Most lenses are plastic No they're not. Glass is optically far superior and not that much more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago and as an accelerant... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 13 points 3 days ago (5 children) Silicone spray...once a surface is contaminated with silicone there's virtually nothing that can clean it off other than gasoline or similar molecules. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 6 points 3 days ago (4 children) While gasoline is far more expensive than it used to be, it's still pretty fucking cheap for a cleaning agent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago (2 children) But you probably would not want that anywhere near a camera. Most lenses are plastic or have coatings or glues that turn hazy in contact with hydrocarbons. So its silicone hazy or crazed plastic haze. Pick your tick. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 5 points 3 days ago Eh... You'd be surprised at how trivial it is to make things impervious to such basic chemicals. This isn't the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fallibilist@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago Most lenses are plastic No they're not. Glass is optically far superior and not that much more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago and as an accelerant... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 6 points 3 days ago (4 children) While gasoline is far more expensive than it used to be, it's still pretty fucking cheap for a cleaning agent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago (2 children) But you probably would not want that anywhere near a camera. Most lenses are plastic or have coatings or glues that turn hazy in contact with hydrocarbons. So its silicone hazy or crazed plastic haze. Pick your tick. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 5 points 3 days ago Eh... You'd be surprised at how trivial it is to make things impervious to such basic chemicals. This isn't the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fallibilist@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago Most lenses are plastic No they're not. Glass is optically far superior and not that much more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago and as an accelerant... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago (2 children) But you probably would not want that anywhere near a camera. Most lenses are plastic or have coatings or glues that turn hazy in contact with hydrocarbons. So its silicone hazy or crazed plastic haze. Pick your tick. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 5 points 3 days ago Eh... You'd be surprised at how trivial it is to make things impervious to such basic chemicals. This isn't the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fallibilist@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago Most lenses are plastic No they're not. Glass is optically far superior and not that much more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 5 points 3 days ago Eh... You'd be surprised at how trivial it is to make things impervious to such basic chemicals. This isn't the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fallibilist@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago Most lenses are plastic No they're not. Glass is optically far superior and not that much more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent