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I don’t want a tool to avoid Flock cameras. I want a tool that uses my Bluetooth to turn Flock cameras into bricks.
Funny enough, bricks do that.
TIL breaks can assimilate others like the Borg.
If you want a tool that turns Flock cameras into bricks, all you need is a brick.
... Or wire cutters, or a big hammer, or an angle grinder, or a drill, or a large rock, or a can of spray paint, etc, etc, etc. They're not terribly resilient against physical damage.
I've been thinking of buying a slingshot and some paintballs. For another, completely irrelevant purpose though, obviously.
Remember to mask up when you're going out playing with paintballs -- for covid safety! Wear sunglasses, too -- you don't want eye damage from the bright sunlight.
problem is the camera sees you offing it. unless you bloc up way away, and not near your own stuff.
Need to figure out a small scale, cheap, EMP device that can be set off to fry the cameras and sensors, but nothing else that is around.
The "Nothing else around" is the hard part of that.
Agreed, though I would expect one to not be carrying anything that could be affected by such a device, whilst deploying said devices.
If it's using Bluetooth to knacker them, then all the nearby Bluetooth devices would be vulnerable.
Medical equipment these days also can feature Bluetooth for mobile connectivity, and you can't exactly go without your defibrillator, hearing aids, or insulin pump.
maybe some kinda really directional antenna? like a laser but for the radio range of EM
need to have line of sight and accurate aim, however
Yagi antenna.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagi%E2%80%93Uda_antenna
so that's what they're called
I heard that certain laser pointers of a specific wavelength can cook most cameras.
One of those spray-can extension poles would probably work pretty well without drawing much attention, especially if wearing a hi-vis vest and hardhat along with maybe a rubber mask so they can't identify you. Buy a used cheap bicycle somewhere, spray all the cameras you can, then leave the bike on a street somewhere and walk to a secluded place without cameras to change clothing, and be picked up by a friend in a car maybe. Quite doable.
Portable angle grinder.
I would think that a simple laser-pointer pointed at the camera would be enough to damage the sensor?
You'll need around a 1-watt green (532nm) laser pointer. That's gonna run you about $500 and they're kinda dangerous.
$60 for a hobbyist who can hook up a module.
True, but like I said, kinda dangerous. I like my eyes.
Best to wear laser goggles for sure.
Lasers would be quite risky. Anything that powerful would also instantly obliterate peoples' vision if there's a reflection and it gets them in the eye.
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