{"id":431300,"date":"2025-05-26T09:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mactwin.com\/beware-of-filming-cars-with-lidar-what-about-security-applications\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:22:46","slug":"beware-of-filming-cars-with-lidar-what-about-security-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mactwin.com\/en\/beware-of-filming-cars-with-lidar-what-about-security-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Filming Cars with LiDAR: What About Security Applications?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The latest generation of cars is packed with sensors and smart technologies. This also applies to the newest Volvo models, which are equipped with powerful LiDAR systems. A remarkable consequence: people who take a video or photo of such a Volvo suddenly find that their smartphone camera is permanently damaged. <\/h4>\n

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Smartphone damaged by car LiDAR<\/h3>\n

In this article from TopGear, it is described how a user irreparably damaged their phone camera simply by filming a Volvo EX90. This was powerfully illustrated in a Reddit video, in which the LiDAR pulse visibly left a burn mark on the camera chip. <\/p>\n<\/div>

How is that possible?<\/h3>\n

Many LiDAR systems operate with powerful lasers in the infrared spectrum (usually around 905 or 1550 nm). Although they are often invisible to the naked eye, they can burn directly into a lens with high intensity and without beam dispersion \u2014 causing damage. <\/p>\n

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