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kube-systemtoday at 1:37 AM2 repliesview on HN

Yes I have spent thousands of dollars and months testing them.

You can cut off GPS and high frequency cell spectrum pretty easily. Most cell spectrum is effectively attenuated by good quality professional RF enclosures designed for those frequencies. 2.4 ghz signals like wifi (with good quality radios) are hard to attenuate to the point where they can’t connect to other radios nearby, even with very expensive RF test enclosures.

If you’re trying to block against an unknown threat you are fucked. If someone wanted to back door a baseband they’d probably make it transmit at low speeds and low frequencies to be resistant to attenuation.


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digiowntoday at 2:16 AM

What kind of RF can travel through a few mm of metal?

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refulgentistoday at 2:07 AM

Jesus. That sucks. Thanks for sharing, fascinating stuff.