SMS-activated laser hack blinds security cameras

We'll be straight with you: under no circumstances should you give this villainous "hack" a go outside of one serious round of perfectly legal Capture The Flag. That said, a Hollywood-inspired individual figured that he'd rig up the next great security camera deactivation scheme for the 007 writers the world over to take note of, and if you've got a scope, a laser, a spare cellphone (and quick thumbs for SMS-ing), and a bit of wiring knowledge, you too can piece together a dubious hack that you'll likely never utilize. 'Course, if even this seems daedal to you, there's always the tried and true MacGyver method.

[Via Hack A Day]

[GuyJ86 @ Aug 13th 2007 9:52AM]

Reminds me of the pistol in splinter cell very cool stuff. Question is will it blend?

[Jerome @ Aug 13th 2007 9:53AM]

The idea is really clever, but I am sure it does not work!

Pointing a laser into a CCD camera does not work! You need to be STRAIGHT ON!
Even there you are taking a IMMENSE RISK!

You could just burst some IR light into the CCD....


JErome

[Ike Turner @ Aug 13th 2007 10:01AM]

but can it run DOOM ?

[muddyh2o.com @ Aug 13th 2007 10:13AM]

it must work- they did it in "Inside Man" and Spike Lee's joints are always technically watertight.

[roach @ Aug 13th 2007 1:07PM]

In inside man they do what Jerome suggested, just blast IR light in the general direction. Also this is a very flawed design. You need a red green and blue laser all directly on target for this to work.

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 13th 2007 10:23AM]

Anyone that determined would use some other means to disable the camera.

[Josh @ Aug 13th 2007 10:33AM]

Bullets work as well. Shaving cream. Peanut Butter, etc...

Not as slick as a "laser" though.

We will called this the "Alan Parsons Project?" :)

[zachary.tunstall @ Aug 13th 2007 11:27AM]

"How to remotely disable security cameras nondestructively from quite a distance..." it would be hard to get peanut butter to do this. you could set up a group of these and turn off multiple cameras remotely all at once from a distance.

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 13th 2007 11:31AM]

You ever improperly open a jar of Skippy?

Take your hand clean off man.

[fred hegel @ Aug 13th 2007 11:33AM]

Paintball gun works too.

[DarkAardvark @ Aug 13th 2007 5:23PM]

itd be cooler if the bluetooth on your phone activated it when youre within range =O

[Rainier @ Aug 13th 2007 1:35PM]

Oh great! You just gave away this info to the bad guys.


Solid Snake begins to weep on Sam Fisher's shoulder. "There there.....there there...."

[Ohng @ Aug 14th 2007 11:52AM]

A bluetooth aimed SMS activated peanut butter firing paintball gun?

There's *gotta* be a market for that!