Just had a major DUH! moment

vanity | 11/10/13 | GunsAndBibles

[GunsAndBibles]

Was given a new Android phone (loaded with Google programs) and realized I'm always being monitored, even when the phone is OFF. Looking for a signal blocking case/enclosure, similar to Faraday cage. Now off to the range, trying a new batch of .223 using IMR4227 and 62gr. SS109. Thanks for your input.

[FredZarguna]

Any conductor enclosure will function as a Faraday Cage. The signal attenuates exponentially, so the conducting layer can be very thin. A cigar box wrapped in Aluminum foil will do. If you want something kinda pretty that you can keep in your glove compartment, get a Bud Box^TM. Very professional looking: http://www.budind.com/small_metal_enclosures.php If you want something you can put in your jacket pocket, they sell them on Amazon.

[GunsAndBibles]

No, I’m just looking for some good info. Wasn’t planning on creating a moose/sister thread. Go play somewhere else.

[bigbob]

You didn’t have to tell us you were going to the range, we already knew that.

[Campion]

GPS works off a satellite & has nothing to do with the cellular network. But it’s receive-only, not two-way.

[Sawdring]

Nobody is monitoring you, they are just creating a record for future use if you need to be controlled.

[FredZarguna]

GPS continues to work because it’s being broadcast by a satellite, not a cell tower.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Put it on top of your head under the tinfoil hat.

[Mogger]

I get various sized decorative tin containers such as old cigar tins, cookie tins, cigarette holders, kids' lunch boxes, etc. at yard sales, flea markets and antique shops.

For more rugged protection, ammo cans.

I line the insides with cardboard or adhesive backed pipe insulation.

Now your credit cards are protected from RFID readers and electronics gear from monitoring and from electromagnetic pulse.

[The Klingon]

Your phone has a GPS receiver in it which is independent of the cellular network. The phone does report its location to the network when connected.

[Delta 21]

If you like your tinfoil hats,
you can keep your tinfoil hats, period.

— Barack Hussein Obama II

[Las Vegas Ron]

Nobody is monitoring you, they are just creating a record for future use if you need to be controlled.

^^This^^

[crz]

Simple, dont use it, lose it and stay away from such things.
I understand that the X Box thingys will soon be able to monitor homes if they are installed.
This high tech crap is the governments way to track you better, where ever you go.

Of course, you will always have the tin foil crowd around here that will say your paranoid.

[Alex Murphy]

Looking for a signal blocking case/enclosure, similar to Faraday cage.

Ping for ideas

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

..and tinfoil will have a backdoor for the NSA.

[bigheadfred]

Was given a new Android phone (loaded with Google programs) and i beat it to death with bigheadfreds titanium framing hammer thanks bigheadfred

[miliantnutcase]

Well, I can tell you the antenna gets impeded quite easily with your hand. Just get metal that can ground both sides of the phone’s case together and that might work. The carrier antenna is housed in the plastic strip on the lower back of the unit, and the wifi antenna in the top half strip running above the camera.

[Delta 21]

[crusher]

a microwave

[bigheadfred]

like i told the clerk at the beer station i mean gas station when he asked if i wanted my receipt if the government isnt keeping better records on me than i can keep myself what is the point

[Calvin Locke]

If you have any old CRT monitors gathering dust, they usually contain 4-8lbs of lead shielding you could probably put to use.

Or if you reload your shotgun ammo, you could make a small cover out of the pellets.

Come to think of it, years ago, camera/photo stores used to sell a lead foil bag to store photo film for international travel (to minimize the effects of older baggage screening machines).