mettwurstkaninchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoElectronic devices or 'signal jammers' used in car thefts to be bannedwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down16
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkElectronic devices or 'signal jammers' used in car thefts to be bannedwww.bbc.co.ukmettwurstkaninchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·2 months agoSo, only criminals will have them?
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 months agoDang, there went all my legitimate plans for signal jamming.
minus-squareKomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoA microwave can be classified as a signal jammer. Yes, there are microwaves for cars and camping.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAnd jamming signals can be useful in general for testing stuff, like mitigations for jamming. I did this at a physical security company I worked for where we needed to alert guards to jamming attempts.
So, only criminals will have them?
Dang, there went all my legitimate plans for signal jamming.
A microwave can be classified as a signal jammer. Yes, there are microwaves for cars and camping.
And jamming signals can be useful in general for testing stuff, like mitigations for jamming. I did this at a physical security company I worked for where we needed to alert guards to jamming attempts.