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Title: Blinding security cameras with lasers
Post by: jason on December 29, 2008, 07:22:43 PM
An article on blinding security cameras with lasers

http://www.c-h-a-o-s.com/2007/08/11/sniping-the-security/

It sounds like a little tweaking might be needed to get this working perfectly, but the idea seems sound. Any ideas for defense against this?


Title: Re: Blinding security cameras with lasers
Post by: alan on December 29, 2008, 09:00:30 PM
how about those dome covers where you don't see which way the camera is pointing? I guess that isn't protection since you have to buy new cameras!


Title: Re: Blinding security cameras with lasers
Post by: jason on December 29, 2008, 09:54:07 PM
I think you can get dome housings to retrofit to existing cameras, so this might be a reasonable solution.


Title: Re: Blinding security cameras with lasers
Post by: dalepearson on December 30, 2008, 04:33:38 AM
Be interested to hear how you get on with this.
I have some AXIS Network cameras, I might try this out on, see if it has any effect.


Title: Re: Blinding security cameras with lasers
Post by: jason on December 30, 2008, 08:26:41 AM
It should be easy to do some simple testing with a laser pointer. One of the comments on the site mentions that it is a more effective attack if you use a blue or green laser and a lens to spread the size of the dot over a larger area when it hots the camera.