altphoto comments on People are 3D printing covers for Flock cameras in response to “indiscriminate mass surveillance"

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 13 points 6 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.

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[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 6 points 6 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.

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 6 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.

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[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 5 points 6 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.

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[–] Fallibilist@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago