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• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Paint can be seen by passers by. A fried sensor can’t.

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  • piecat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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    • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Then make sure they can’t identify you.

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• XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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.

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  • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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…

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    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Put a blowtorch on the end of a long stick, maybe one of those two-part sliding ones that they use for pool skimmers and stuff. Melty, blistered plastic doesn’t pass light very well.

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    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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

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    • TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Idk about paint, but flex seal works

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  • Quexotic@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Deet makes plastic foggy.

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  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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.

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    • TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      If you can climb a rope, the poles that Flock use are narrow enough to be climbed the same way

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      • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        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

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