• arrow74@lemmy.zip
    4·
    11 days ago

    At this point a water balloon full of paint seems cheaper, more efficient, and more discreet.

    • Aberration13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      I wouldn’t say more discreet or efficient, but cheaper yes, at least in the short run but there will always be systems that are hard to hit with a balloon due to their height and if all they need is some solvent in a backpack sprayer to undo your work then in the long run you’ll need to buy a lot of paint and balloons. Efficient to me is carrying something that fits in a backpack and can be charged on a home outlet and take out hundreds

      It does have a much lower upfront cost though which is a consideration

      • arrow74@lemmy.zip
        2·
        10 days ago

        I mean standing point a laser at a camera for several minutes seems less discrete and efficient.

        You can disable a camera in a few seconds. Pick the right paint with the right additives you may even damage the components.

        Either way it’s a big cost to take it down and fix. I doubt they’re sending someone up on a ladder, but who knows. With the paint method someone could disable dozens in an hour.

        You got me on the height though. Can’t best the laser there

        • Aberration13@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          22 hours ago

          That’s why I suggested a higher power rating than 1 watt, if you get a laser with a decent power output it won’t take minutes, it will take seconds, the higher the output the faster the camera dies. If you get something fairly high power you could essentially take a camera out instantly, a quick flick on and off directly at the sensor with a beam that has a low consistent spread of maybe 1 cm per 100m or so with high output would fry the entire optical sensor at once, or alternatively a beam with high output and very small focus with minimal spread could simply slice through the camera entirely, focus it well enough and you could cut cameras off poles at their mounting points and wires at a distance and just walk away with the whole camera, some of the new ones have solar panels too which are actually useful and also incur more cost to replace while being useful for cutting down your electricity bill assuming you prevent them from breaking when they fall, in theory you could make back the money you spend on the laser that way too whether by using the panels or selling them. Though selling has its own risks.