Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gocwRvLhDf8

There’s too many IDs to iterate through. Searching for $defatltvideoname for some camera is far more effective for that. Scarily so.

A potentially less bad idea: circulate a list of known stolen catalytic converters by serial number, and encourage scrappers not to buy them/help find who stole them.

I think this is done with bikes in a lot of places.