[et-al]

Yeah, I was surprised stories of Volvo's EX90 lidar damaging camera sensors didn't get more traction: https://www.thedrive.com/news/volvo-ex90s-lidar-sensor-will-...

One would hope there would be more regulation around this.

[tkfoss]

I'm not surprised at all. This is not new - Jan 2019 https://image-sensors-world.blogspot.com/2019/01/1550nm-lida...

Just look at the comments of article you posted, with sock puppet accounts being actively hostile towards anyone asking questions.