WiFi Blocking Paint

[msj2487]

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Don't know if anyone cares or not, but I found it to be pretty interesting. Supposedly they've invented house paint that can put out an electromagnetic signal and stop people from stealing others' wireless internet:

SEC Technologies has another option: wireless blocking paint. One coat of this paint "creates an electromagnetic fortress by preventing airborne hackers from intercepting signals." Sounds a little too much like something the government would be interested in, and less like a technology that would benefit the average Wi-Fi user who has already ditched the landline over a cell phone. The Register thinks the RF-proof paint would be put to good use in movie theaters, or similar places where cell phones interruption is frowned upon. EM-SEC currently sells laptop inserts and phone holsters with an electromagnetic shield that restricts the detection of Wi-Fi signals, which is another option that might deter laptop thieves. What a great idea.

As for me, I just hope my neighbor doesn't hear about this...

 

[bucknut11]

I'd think it'd be a little bit cheaper to just turn wireless encryption on, no?

 

[shoegirl]

^^^ My thoughts exactly.

 

[msj2487]

I'd think it'd be a little bit cheaper to just turn wireless encryption on, no?

Haha, true true!