Public service announcement: don't point your phone camera directly at a lidar sensor. On Reddit, a user named Jeguetelli recently shared a video demonstrating why. As the camera zooms in on the sensor affixed to the top of a Volvo EX90, a whole galaxy of colorful dots are burned into the image, forming over the exact spot that the flashing light inside the lidar device can be seen. What you're witnessing isn't lens flare or a digital glitch — it's real, physical damage to the lens. And it's per