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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.
Lasers tend not to be good for camera sensors, I've heard.
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.
That might actually work, but it's probably easier and safer to just use a can of spray paint
Paint seems easier to detect and remove.
Paint can be seen by passers by. A fried sensor can’t.
There's gonna be a laser beam pointing right to where you were before the camera fried.
Then make sure they can't identify you.
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.
Deet makes plastic foggy.
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...
Idk about paint, but flex seal works
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
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.
If you can climb a rope, the poles that Flock use are narrow enough to be climbed the same way
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 is a town police dept or housing dev that can't attach to street lights
Ohh, yep- I forgot about those ones! I've seen some like that around my area, but most here are on those skinny poles like shown in the thumbnail
What shall we do with an angle grinder (3x) early in the morning?
Cut it in half and push it over (3x) early in the morning?
I like your style