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I don't know if you can legally buy dangerous lasers, but anybody can access code + laptops, right?

• jedberg 7y ago
  A simple pen laser would be enough to blind someone and you can get them on amazon for $10, which is a lot cheaper than a laptop.
• loeg 7y ago
  Literally anyone can buy a dangerous laser from China off ebay, alibaba, or other mostly legitimate ClearNet sites. They're not even expensive.
• fastball 7y ago
  You can buy lasers strong enough to blind pilots[0], so you can definitely buy lasers strong enough to blind motorists. Also, the attack in this article required $550 worth of hardware in addition to code + laptop. [0] http://mentalfloss.com/article/65424/what-pilots-see-when-you-shine-laser-pointer-aircraft http://mentalfloss.com/article/65424/what-pilots-see-when-yo...
• knd775 7y ago
  Anyone (in the US at least) can legally buy dangerous lasers.
• toss1 7y ago
  you can google "high powered handheld laser for sale" as fast as you could type that and find "50000mW burning laser" for $240 and 500mw lasers for $39 among the top listings... Yes, you can find cheap high-power lasers that will blind people and ignite things easily available and cheap.
• DanBC 7y ago
  Federal laws about laser power are hard to enforce. See eg this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMVWW-bmKwQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMVWW-bmKwQ