Bypassing security cameras?

[El Rojo]

Im sure that nobody likes being monitered by CCTV everywhere one goes, and the "Smile; your on CCTV!" signs on trains these days make my blood boil. So does anyone have any infomation on how to bypass / reduce the effectiveness / retain privacy against cameras?

Good 'ol wiki gave me this: "Laser pointers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_pointer) can temporarily blind cameras,[43] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_camera#cite_note-42) and higher powered lasers can damage them. However, since most lasers are monochromatic, colour filters can reduce the effect of laser pointers. However filters will also impair image quality and overall light sensitivity of cameras (see laser safety (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_safety) article for details on issues with filters). Also, complete protection from infrared, red, green, blue and UV lasers would definitely require use of completely black filters, rendering the camera useless."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_camera

Any infomation on the strengths / weaknesses of various different camera types, which have greater resolution, IR capacities ect ect would also be welcome.

[cleef]

Put your hood up and your cap down.

Cameras can be taken out in various ways ranging from, covering the lens with something sticky (my favourite being filling a plastic carrier bag with superglue n sticking it over the top) to spraying something on the lens so that the image becomes blurry or just breaking the camera itself with something heavy...(although this has kind of been caught on to now with the authorites building cameras which can take more damage)

Maybe some sort of camera jammer which has a similar frequency to that of the camera could be a non physical way of rendering the camera useless?

[yuon]

Apart from the last sentence (which I think is a bit odd), I would suggest that all the rest of the above post is grand :thumbup1::thumbup:.

The simplest thing to do is to wear clothing that doesn't stand out, but that covers your face and hair (at least when seen from above). Oh, and don't look at cameras directly, as that sort of defeats the purpose of hiding your face. :ninja:

If you can cover your face properly (and totally), and can't quickly and rapidly get away from the location of the camera (don't try on a train), you might try disabling the camera via one of the above methods. :ninja:

I've found spray paint to be a quick and easy method of doing that. But, know the rules and laws around carrying spray paint can be rather awful in some places. Know your laws.

Oh, and don't get caught. :cool::blackA::ohmy:

[MilitantAnarchist]

I know what you meen, it angers me to. Watch everyone to make sure nobodies doing anything wrong, treat everyone as criminals, because of course it is easier to catch someone doing somthing wrong then actually try and prevent the crime from happening... and when someone does get caught on camera doing somthing EG A COPPER BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF A SUSPECT it gets thrown out of court...
But, another thing to be aware of alot of cameras rotate every minute or so... AND street lights sometimes have cameras in them expecially in town centres, i know this because i got caught by one.
An alternative that is more difficult, but in case of a bit of the good old sabotage, go to electrical and plumbing wholesalers (its cheaper) or DIY stores, and ask for 20mm or 25mm metal condiut, it will come in 3metre lengths (if you get two or three, the ends are screwable, cut them up and you can get accesories to screw them together, so you can carry about smaller pieces, the bits you need to do this are called 'couplers' and beleive it or not 'nipples'). Jab it in the lens for those hard to reach places... and if your a bit flush, invest in some tree cutting equipment, most of the cheaper cameras have exposed wires, if your up against the wall the camera wont see you... but of course using these methods you have to have to carry around big equipment...
BUT those methods are good for a night of sabotage fun and games... what you want is a slingshot (or catapult, whatever you wanna call em), the ones with the armbrace are best because a metal ball bearing from one of them will shoot through a car door (dont ask me how i know), OR get paintballs and fire them, but they arent too good for blanking out a camera, stick a pin in the paintball, drain the paint, and fill it with washing up liquid, if your a good shot it will blur the lens and it wont be clear atall...

I think the UK needs a CCTV sabotage group, because it is getting towards fascist oppression. Soon they'll have cameras in our homes. I had cameras at a place i used to work at, even in the canteen! But you know what i hate more then the cameras? the people that say 'if you've nothing then why would you be affraid?'

PS Regarding speed cameras, there is a hole in the back about an inch wide, get a couple of cans of expanda-foam and empty them in that hole, then sit back and watch it fucking blow!

[TRS]

^ this post speaks truth.

I will now describe a sticker I saw on a lampost in brighton. I would like to say i've never carried out these actions and I'm not advocating them in any way.

Basically the sticker described how a group of revolutionaries had found the power box to a cctv camera (usually a small green or silver box, about 1m squared, with doors like a wardrobe). They then wrenched it open with a crowbar and sabotaged in the internal mechanism, thus putting the entire camera out of action, and, if enough damage was caused, requiring its replacement.

[ellipsis]

def check this out (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3338076.ece)


There are up to ten on every bus and dozens at every station, so avoid London Transport if you want to evade the cameras. Most CCTV runs from speed cameras, which are less prevalent in the countryside. Maps of them are available on car websites.

Tinted car windows keep your face off camera but your numberplate will still give you away. Numberplate recognition computers are a classic example of “function creep”: cameras and computers installed for one purpose – congestion charging – are now used for another.

At night, use an infra-red light bulb to illuminate your numberplate. CCTV, like all video cameras, operates in that part of the spectrum near infra-red, so such a bulb above the number will flood the camera and is legal at the time of writing.

You can also put an IR light on the brim of your cap to achieve the face effect for your face.

[cleef]

def check this out (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3338076.ece)



You can also put an IR light on the brim of your cap to achieve the face effect for your face.

wouldnt that create alot of attention though and so have the opposite effect of trying to appear invisible to the cameras :confused:

[ellipsis]

wouldnt that create alot of attention though and so have the opposite effect of trying to appear invisible to the cameras

Right cause nothing else suggested on this thread would attract any attention. If you really are just going about your business, then you don't have any thing to worry about. Must cameras aren't watch all the time anyways and if a CCTV operator did see you with your face blocked out by IR, what can they do?
Now if you are engaged in some night time direct action, your identity is concealed and they can't track you down after the fact.
If your purpose is be not be noticed in general, I would say that nondescript/common clothing and avoiding facing cameras as much as possible.

[cleef]

Right cause nothing else suggested on this thread would attract any attention. If you really are just going about your business, then you don't have any thing to worry about. Must cameras aren't watch all the time anyways and if a CCTV operator did see you with your face blocked out by IR, what can they do?
Now if you are engaged in some night time direct action, your identity is concealed and they can't track you down after the fact.
If your purpose is be not be noticed in general, I would say that nondescript/common clothing and avoiding facing cameras as much as possible.

haha too true point taken...yeh i agree with you there that wearing clothes to suit your surrounding would be for the best :)

[Tyrlop]

try this forum, all about cameras:
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