Re: [Cryptography] jammers, nor not

On 02/28/2017 11:39 AM, grarpamp wrote:

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Thornburg wrote:

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On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 05:21:12PM -0800, Ron Garret wrote:

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Wrapping your gadgets in aluminum foil should be pretty effective at (ahem) foiling their attempts to contact a wifi hub.

Unless your entire home is wrapped in aluminum foil (including rf-blocking coatings on all windows (permanently closed!)), it's hard to *use* a {printer, refrigerator, washing mashine, coffee maker, ...} while said object is wrapped in aluminum foil. :)

A single layer of do it yourself aluminum foil is inexpensive, perhaps about 1% at time of construction. Even if windows are skipped, perhaps it would mitigate some driveby attacks such as...? http://www.bing.com/search?q=wall+penetrating+radar Add in some cheap rolldown foil over cloth window shades or plywood shutters and maybe the residents would enjoy quite pre-industrial RF free sleeping hours? This seems easily pilot testable and marketable to both health and spy type of customers.

One can buy graphite cloth and paint, for walls, and silver/nickel plated nylon cloth for curtains and bedding.