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by ChrisMarshallNY 116 days ago
> an EMP that disables all nearby camera sensors for 10min or so

Some years ago, there was a guy that got arrested (may have been in Chicago), for riding on the train, and running a cellphone jammer, because he hated people on the phone, while on the train.

Might be considered somewhat similar. It could definitely earn you a beatdown, if someone catches you.

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How did they catch him?! I remember I read something similar of a guy having a cell jammer in his car, because he didn’t want people being busy on their phones while driving, but they caught him because the cell towers detected the jammer and eventually triangulated him, not sure about a guy in a train.

On the topic: if the glasses can be impacted with anything RF, it would be an easy job, but it’s a camera, optical sensors, etc. and only an optical way could counter that, imo.

He was sitting on the train, with it in his lap. Someone snapped a pic. Looked a bit like one of those Cradlepoint routers, with 4 antennas.
yeah they generally look like a 3"x5" device an inch thick with antennas coming out one of the 3"x1" sides, from the ones i have seen.