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I’m a frequent contributor to OSM, along with being passionate about individual privacy. Adding Flock cameras to the map has become a new hyperfixation for me. The best part is that when tagged correctly, they appear on deflock.me along with OSM. It’s a simple way to help your community know when they’re around these dystopian ALPR cameras. Deflock also has an app, although I cannot attest for it - I believe that it dumps the data into OSM too, so it may be better suited for those without OSM experience.
How sensitive are these cameras to ranged damage? I don’t expect them to be put in rural enough places for a .22 from the woods, would a pellet breach the case? What about a decent laser, could that fry the sensor? We don’t have any where I live but I’d like to be ready to destroy them or at least incapacitate them.
They are solar powered, so if the panel were significantly damaged, the camera would be unable to recharge and would go offline. Might take a few days perhaps.
I just checked my area which is very rural, mostly farmland, and there are 2 nearby. Not really sure what they’re near exactly though
On deflock.me it usually tells you who put them in. If it’s the police department then it’s just on likely busy road.
They say operated by unknown. And it’s not a busy road at all. I think I’m gonna take a ride by there and see what’s up cause the location makes zero sense to me.
Well now I’m curious too!
They’re not that high off the ground. You could just tape a spray paint can to a stick and paint them black. Even the most powerful handheld laser pointers wouldn’t take out the entire sensor. It might just leave some dead pixels.
Nichia makes crazy good lasers but you need to focus the light perfectly on the camera.
Since my of us love lasers and need them for work, my recommendation is to not use those to cause releases of energy from a distance. That would cause more regulations. Maybe we should have a 2nd.1 amendment to give us the right to bare lasers, phasers and mazers and any tool that would help the people during an invasion. The homealone amendment.