RSSIR LED glasses (anti-paparazzi)
We've covered how to make IR LED projects and how to use IR LEDs to "jam" a security camera (privacy from cameras is a hot topic, debate in the comments!)... Here's a video on how to make a pair of glasses that pumps out a little IR around your face so the cameras can't see you, the video says it's anti-paparazzi but their cameras likely won't be stopped by something like this...
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Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 11, 2008 04:00 AM
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| Posted by: Don on July 11, 2008 at 5:14 AM |
I'd thought of this idea to create a blinder for speed enforcement cameras as a frame around license/number plates.
Should stop thinking and do!
| Posted by: Tom on July 11, 2008 at 5:30 AM |
Didn't boingboing have a post on this? The video had been removed almost immediately. Is it the same one? Has anyone actually seen this video?
| Posted by: Thomas Veil on July 11, 2008 at 6:42 AM |
This system works as long there's no IR filter on the camera.
If there is one, you only wasting your time.
| Posted by: The Oracle on July 11, 2008 at 10:48 AM |
Haven't see seen a lot about converting a digital camera to an IR camera by *removing the internal IR filter*? So somebody would have to actively modify their camera to have it beaten by this attack.
Maybe cheapie cameras don't have a proper IR filter?
| Posted by: on July 11, 2008 at 11:10 AM |
Many security cameras don't have the IR filter since they use the IR (with their own LED) to work better in low light.
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Posted by: alandove on July 13, 2008 at 8:02 AM |
There's another copy of the video here:
http://www.abrutis.com/video-lunettes+anti+paparazzi-11937.html
I think this would work with a lot of video, surveillance, and web cameras. Try aiming a TV remote at your camera and pushing a few buttons - on both my webcam and camcorder, this produces a bright, visible flash, suggesting that powerful IR LEDs would jam both of these cameras quite nicely.
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