[atlgator]

Someone in the thread linked a teardown showing these use a ~$4 OV5647 Arducam sensor on what's essentially a Raspberry Pi. The real vandalism isn't the people with hammers — it's charging municipalities six figures for a trail camera with a cellular modem and a pitch deck.

[extraduder_ire]

Where are you finding those sensors for $4? I think the main selling point is that they're set+forget and solar powered, with all the "software magic" happening in the cloud.

[Kirby64]

The sensors are very cheap:

https://www.arducam.com/arducam-ov5647-standard-raspberry-pi...

If you want a fancy one with a lens and an IR cut filter it'll run you a grand total of $35:

https://www.arducam.com/arducam-ov5647-noir-camera-board-w-m...

Sure, the extra stuff like LTE modem, battery, solar panels, casing, etc, costs a whole lot more money, but these things clearly are built cheap. The optics and imaging sensor is a joke compared to real, proper cameras.

[kridsdale1]

“You can’t put a price on safety”