I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.
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I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.
The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping!
(I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)
@futurebird I take it Wade Tillman was unavailable to provide an endorsement.
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If I was just a skosh more evil I'd be selling all kinds of geegaws and doodads to the superstitious New-age Dark Age dipshits.
@GGMcBG @futurebird It is immoral to let stupid people keep their money.
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@futurebird I like mine better. Much more stylish.
@josh0 @futurebird love some good ARSE swag!
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@futurebird
...that price tag should be a dead giveaway as to their target demographic. -
I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.
The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping!
(I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)
@futurebird
Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! Haahaahaa! -
@futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social @muddle@infosec.exchange
it depends on the strength and type of signal, and how close you are to the source. an unshielded magnetron from a microwave oven will definitely cook you, including your brain. that's why there are warning signs to not stand in front of microwave radio dishes.
@burnitdown @futurebird Its also interesting that different parts of the body are affected differently by microwaves. One of the more vulnerable parts are the eyes. So don't watch the food cook...
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@clayfoot @futurebird Do they sell chaps to go with their chafes?
@linuxandyarn @futurebird Well that's just silly
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@adrake @futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad I was thinking about that, and the fact that microwave ovens and wifi both use 2.4GHz. I did a quick search to try to find out the relative power levels. Ovens are easy: they're going to be around 800W~2kW. Unfortunately, the search results were suggesting WiFi pumps out 100--200W. Scary, if true. In fact, the actual power output is in the 20-100mW (*milli-*Watt) range.
I didn't really want to go there because it could play into the hands of those people that want to convince us that Wi-Fi (or 5G or whatever) is making us sick, but the 99.7% shielding figure is good to know. It would mean, roughly, that a 1KW microwave oven with proper shielding is pumping out around 10 times as much radiation as a local Wi-Fi router (1W compared to 100mW).
People pushing conspiracy theories about this is bad enough, but when search engines are promoting figures that are 3 orders of magnitude off, well... that's also very worrying. (and that's before we even get into LLMs...)
@muddle @futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad the FCC limit on 2.4GHz transmitters is 1W for sufficiently spread-spectrum devices (including WiFi). The maximum emissions in any particular direction are capped at a level equivalent to a 4W omnidirectional antenna (this equivalent measurement is called EIRP). Most wifi devices operate well below that level since it's rough on battery life.
Microwave ovens are limited by FDA to leaking a max of 5mW/cm^2 from any point on the oven's surface (measured 2in away). That works out to be a little below the power density you get from a worst-case WiFi transmitter at 3 inches away.
The 99.7 number is the claimed shielding performance of the hat, not any regulations.
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@oldclumsy_nowmad @futurebird I was going to look it up myself but realised the futility of it. IEEE is not a military organisation and real military standards tend to start with MIL, I think. Even if not, that whole line at the bottom screams fake.
@muddle @oldclumsy_nowmad @futurebird IEEE 299 is about standard measurement practice
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@futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad @muddle RF *can* hurt you if its high enough power, but that’s generally limited to labs and microwave ovens, not what’s emitted by cell phones
…or anywhere outdoors. you might get a sunburn
@cinebox @futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad @muddle or worse...
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@muddle @futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad the FCC limit on 2.4GHz transmitters is 1W for sufficiently spread-spectrum devices (including WiFi). The maximum emissions in any particular direction are capped at a level equivalent to a 4W omnidirectional antenna (this equivalent measurement is called EIRP). Most wifi devices operate well below that level since it's rough on battery life.
Microwave ovens are limited by FDA to leaking a max of 5mW/cm^2 from any point on the oven's surface (measured 2in away). That works out to be a little below the power density you get from a worst-case WiFi transmitter at 3 inches away.
The 99.7 number is the claimed shielding performance of the hat, not any regulations.
@adrake @futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad ah, I misread what you said about 99.7% initially. I didn't realise you were talking about the hat. So I guess I overestimated the effectiveness of the shielding and, hence, also overestimated the leakage
I also did look up some more reputable info on max wireless tx power and was surprised to find that in some countries it can even go up to 4W (which tallies with what you said):
Taken together, wifi and ovens seem to be roughly comparable rather than there being the orders-of-magnitude differences that I expected (with ovens emitting more radiation).
Thanks for the correction. I guess I'll have to retire my "but microwaves leak more energy" argument when dealing with (literal) tinfoil hatters...
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I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.
The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping!
(I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)
RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/116342201450394205
Now, I'm not in favor of spam / scam callers...
But, I somehow feel less bad about the idea of someone selling snake oil brand snake oil clearly labeling the contents as snake oil (even if there are some outlandish claims) and letting fools and their money be parted?
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@oldclumsy_nowmad @Anke @muddle
I'm interested in noise pollution and light pollution. Light pollution is horrible for insects. (and birds) Noise pollution is bad for people.
We could have less loud, dark at night (but still safe) cities and towns.
@futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad @Anke @muddle
Light pollution is bad for plants as well. Let’s see if I can find that link.
Street light choice matters: impacts of presence and color on wild plants
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication
bioRxiv (www.biorxiv.org)
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@burnitdown @futurebird Its also interesting that different parts of the body are affected differently by microwaves. One of the more vulnerable parts are the eyes. So don't watch the food cook...
@SamanthaJaneSmith @futurebird the shielding is there so you don't cook yourself at all. without it, you would need to stand dozens of metres away to operate the microwave.
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Do you think the people selling this are laughing at their customers or are they into it?
It's like a damn joke.
@futurebird They're selling it for $88? If they're not laughing, they're seig heiling at trump rallies.
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@adrake @futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad ah, I misread what you said about 99.7% initially. I didn't realise you were talking about the hat. So I guess I overestimated the effectiveness of the shielding and, hence, also overestimated the leakage
I also did look up some more reputable info on max wireless tx power and was surprised to find that in some countries it can even go up to 4W (which tallies with what you said):
Taken together, wifi and ovens seem to be roughly comparable rather than there being the orders-of-magnitude differences that I expected (with ovens emitting more radiation).
Thanks for the correction. I guess I'll have to retire my "but microwaves leak more energy" argument when dealing with (literal) tinfoil hatters...
@muddle @futurebird @oldclumsy_nowmad I think it's not accidental that they're comparable. Both are expected to be used by the general population with no safety training, so both should have limits that are safe under most circumstances.
Licensed users have different rules. Amateur radio operators are licensed to transmit at up to 1500W (!) on most of the 2.4GHz band, but they take on the legal burden of ensuring that whatever they do doesn't expose others to unsafe levels of emissions.
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I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.
The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping!
(I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)
@futurebird
Sounds like a scam.
Everyone knows that the microchips in Bill Gates' Covid vaccine are distributed through the whole body.
How else would the birdpeople from Vega know exactly the moment I take off my socks? -
I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.
The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping!
(I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)
@futurebird When it reads "from your brain" it means to stop the WiFi and Bluetooth emissions coming from your brain?
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I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.
The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping!
(I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)
@futurebird
That's... not the part of your head that you need to be covering to avoid brain fog
#MaskUp #WearAMask -
I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.
The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping!
(I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)
@futurebird @alice … have y’all seen the movie “Joe Vs the Volcano?”
