More effective? No. Less likely to get caught? Yes.
If you leave the device in place and just laser the sensor, you’re leaving a device that can log passing device info that still works. It can’t record license plates, but it can see that a person walked/drove past.
On the other hand, if you blind it, then steal it while it’s properly faraday caged, you can let it sit and die for a couple days till it’s safe to dismantle.
You sure the loss of functionality and cost to repair wouldn’t be devastating to the company? I don’t think it’s feasible to disassemble them en masse.
If the type of damage gets standardized like that, it makes it much easier to repair in the long run.
And even if they can’t, the devices still record info as long as they are running. They won’t be able to take images but all other functionality will work.
More effective? No. Less likely to get caught? Yes.
If you leave the device in place and just laser the sensor, you’re leaving a device that can log passing device info that still works. It can’t record license plates, but it can see that a person walked/drove past.
On the other hand, if you blind it, then steal it while it’s properly faraday caged, you can let it sit and die for a couple days till it’s safe to dismantle.
You sure the loss of functionality and cost to repair wouldn’t be devastating to the company? I don’t think it’s feasible to disassemble them en masse.
If the type of damage gets standardized like that, it makes it much easier to repair in the long run.
And even if they can’t, the devices still record info as long as they are running. They won’t be able to take images but all other functionality will work.