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this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2026
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They are beginning to disguise them in cones, barrels and small ones on a pole as small as rebar.
Powerfull hand held lasers can damage cameras, by pointing the laser at the lens.
How would you take such a camera down without being spotted and tracked? Do they not look in all directions?
Not asking for all the technical details on how to take one down, just curious how so many can be taken down with so few arrests after. I guess it's a matter of good disguises?
They usually face one direction. And don't place them to watch each other afaik.
Well, that might change after this though.
Even if they do, don't be a dumbass and have your phone on you and be completely covered and approach the device via analogue method (e.g. walking, bicycle without a serial, etc).
As an aside, I’ve been toying with the following idea:
I like to refurbish bicycles for my own use. The idea I’ve had is to buy cheap Facebook marketplace / Craigslist bikes, disassemble, grind off the serial, and paint in a uniform and non identifiable (or at least less so) and reassemble, replacing wear parts. Put them into the community to use however they see fit, cheap enough to ditch without caring.
Community bikes are not a new thing. They had them in my hometown through most of my youth and teen years, and may still. I don't live there anymore. 🙁
They had a strong bike community, and a bike store and repair shop off a main ped/cycle path through town, just outside downtown. It had a lounge and was the primary source of the community bikes and their maintenance.
Paint the bikes all a similar bright color, not white, and get stickers made with info about use and contact info for pickup and repair.
Like, "I'm a community bike, use me as you like, leave me somewhere responsibly when you're done with me, so somebody else can use me too. Contact for pickup or repairs 555 RIDE 4ME"
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The idea of a bunch of surveillance cameras watching other surveillance cameras only to prevent vandalism of the surveillance cameras…
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Anyone know of a good form letter / well written petition to request an operator such as an hoa remove a flock camera before resorting tk this?
Lol. HOAs are on a strict boot-based diet. Any well-reasoned argument will just make them install MORE of them.
Also: I really want to introduce the neologism caligavore. Can we all make that a thing?
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Is there a common quadcopter on the market capable of carrying a paintball gun or something else that can splatter lenses?
Another, lower tech option that gets the job done.
With a radio control drone you, your face and your smart phone can be a quarter mile away. Plus, have you been in aerial combat? I haven't. Yet.
Would a pellet gun be powerful enough to damage the lens from a distance?
The answer is almost certainly, but the followup question is how much pellet gun?
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