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Cleveland Voted to Kill Its Flock Camera Network. They Have REMAINED ON, With Police Still Using Them
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People talk about shining lasers into the sensors. Not sure if thats a real thing or a myth.
A powerful enough laser can permanently damage digital camera sensors, but really only the pixels the laser directly hits. (Not to mention the legal/safety issues of owning one powerful enough to completely destroy one)
For example, Volvo's lidar system famously burnt out pixels on people's phones
That... can't be good for the eyes.
So point it at the lens, and wiggle it around. That should destroy a bunch of random pixels.
I saw that article a while back, and thought the lasers would be handy on cameras. You can buy 1064nm IR spotting lasers but they are rather expensive. A 1 watt model will be about $1000.