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

People are 3D printing covers for Flock cameras in response to “indiscriminate mass surveillance" (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 5 days ago by lowprofilestudio@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ca

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The internet is losing it.

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[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 6 points 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 days ago

Most lenses are plastic

No they're not. Glass is optically far superior and not that much more expensive.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

and as an accelerant...

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