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by mcbits 1313 days ago
Active illumination isn't always safe. Russians in Ukraine have (or at least at one point had) a conundrum where if they turn on the radar to detect incoming HIMARS missiles then the radar gets targeted by HARM missiles.

In a domestic authoritarian context, an herbal extract salesman could detect when illumination is shone on the house in preparation for a heist.