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I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.

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  • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

    @futurebird

    Around 25 years ago, there was a not-very-serious paper from MIT that pointed out that tinfoil hats are basically parabolic reflectors and so, rather than keeping out rays, they will focus them on the brain.

    Possibly worth sharing with people who might buy this nonsense.

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    #70

    @david_chisnall @futurebird

    Hah. What the MIT folks didn't realize is that by FOCUSING THE RADIO WAVES your brain becomes MORE POWERFUL!

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    • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

      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.)

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      @futurebird

      Hah. I put a small Linux distro on the vax chips in my bloodstream, and now I can get 5G through my teeth. Why would I want to go back?

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      • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

        @TheBreadmonkey

        They seem to be real people, the next question is do they know they are being used on this site or nah?

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        @futurebird

        I had a sales email recently where I reverse image searched the staff and there was over a hundred profiles on LinkedIn for each person. Different names, companies, countries.

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        • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

          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.)

          raymaccarthy@mastodon.ieR This user is from outside of this forum
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          #73

          @futurebird
          Eyes are the most likely damaged by radio waves. Cataracts.
          Never stare into the waveguide or face a transmitting dish or Yagi!
          That's maybe 1000 times the power density of a phone at your ear and perhaps WiFi at normal distance is 100 times less.

          This is pointless unless a full body suit with metal mesh at mouth, eyes, nose and ears. Even then it not needed in any normal situation.

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          • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

            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.)

            eestileib@tech.lgbtE This user is from outside of this forum
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            #74

            @futurebird

            "I dunno man I've got this brain fog, must be 5g"

            _passes blunt, sips beer_

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            • oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.socialO oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social

              @futurebird

              Thanks! Enjoyable info!

              p.s. I looked up IEEE-299. It's a test method standard, not a standard on how well this hat protects you from Larry Ellison or ICE. Too bad!

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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.

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              • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                @futurebird

                Around 25 years ago, there was a not-very-serious paper from MIT that pointed out that tinfoil hats are basically parabolic reflectors and so, rather than keeping out rays, they will focus them on the brain.

                Possibly worth sharing with people who might buy this nonsense.

                xlrobot@mastodon.socialX This user is from outside of this forum
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                #76

                @david_chisnall @futurebird given the price and material used, guessing they're doing* a mini Faraday cage? while a silly thing to put on one's head, it'd be a great for - random example - tossing your phone inside during a protest

                (*gesturing towards uselessly in its intended role as a hat)

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                  #77

                  @Tak @futurebird
                  Or exactly like Audiophool cables?

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                  • xlrobot@mastodon.socialX xlrobot@mastodon.social

                    @david_chisnall @futurebird given the price and material used, guessing they're doing* a mini Faraday cage? while a silly thing to put on one's head, it'd be a great for - random example - tossing your phone inside during a protest

                    (*gesturing towards uselessly in its intended role as a hat)

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                    @xlrobot @futurebird

                    A Faraday Cage needs to be completely enclosed. Most people regard placing metal all of the way through their necks unfavourably.

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                    • sam@shonk.sam.axS sam@shonk.sam.ax

                      @futurebird@sauropods.win
                      IEEE-299:

                      Uniform measurement procedures and techniques are provided for determining the effectiveness of electromagnetic shielding enclosures at frequencies from 9 kHz to 18 GHz (extendable to 50 Hz and 100 GHz, respectively) for enclosures having all dimension greater than or equal to 2.0 m.
                      damn those people have massive heads

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                      #79

                      @sam @futurebird
                      The measurements will show the effectiveness is very poor because it doesn't totally enclose the head. That would need a full body with mesh inserts to see, hear and breath, unless the head is removed.

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                      • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                        @xlrobot @futurebird

                        A Faraday Cage needs to be completely enclosed. Most people regard placing metal all of the way through their necks unfavourably.

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                        @david_chisnall @xlrobot

                        Getting a metal mesh implanted below my brain so I can get full coverage.

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                        • raymaccarthy@mastodon.ieR raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie

                          @sam @futurebird
                          The measurements will show the effectiveness is very poor because it doesn't totally enclose the head. That would need a full body with mesh inserts to see, hear and breath, unless the head is removed.

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                          @raymaccarthy @sam

                          "unless the head is removed."

                          ...

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                          • M muddle@infosec.exchange

                            @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.

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                            @muddle @futurebird

                            It does have fake vibes, for sure.

                            p.s. I'm not up to date on the subject of MIL stds, but in the past some military equipment has been specified by IEEE standards. Onesy-twosy stuff, experimental or noncritical, or for testing not service.

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                            • oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.socialO oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social

                              @muddle @futurebird

                              It does have fake vibes, for sure.

                              p.s. I'm not up to date on the subject of MIL stds, but in the past some military equipment has been specified by IEEE standards. Onesy-twosy stuff, experimental or noncritical, or for testing not service.

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                              @oldclumsy_nowmad @muddle

                              There aren't any common waves that could hurt your brain.

                              BUT

                              If you want to know about something invisible, that most people don't know about that can impact your health in persistent mild but still bad ways? Look up "infrasound" --

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                              • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                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.)

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                                @futurebird if only there were some kind of thing one could put on their head to prevent brain fog..

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                                • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                  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.)

                                  terryhancock@realsocial.lifeT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @futurebird

                                  Well, I mean look at the picture: can't have any brain fog if there's no brain, right..?!

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                                  • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                    @david_chisnall @xlrobot

                                    Getting a metal mesh implanted below my brain so I can get full coverage.

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                                    @futurebird @david_chisnall @xlrobot I have loads of fillings, so I think I am good.

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                                    • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                      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.)

                                      doppelganger75@mastodon.worldD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @futurebird Perfect gift for one of my neighbors. If she sees someone with a cell-phone she literally runs in the other direction. I don't have the heart to tell her when she's petting my cat that he's wearing an AirTag. If the hat were $8 rather than $88 I might buy it for her.

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                                      • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                        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.)

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                                        @futurebird

                                        I wonder if the name "Havn" is a take on the "Havana syndrome" thing where Russia or whoever has been attacking US government employees, diplomats, etc. with an unknown weapon that uses some kind of radio waves (supposedly the CIA has now obtained one and is analyzing it, per 60 Minutes)
                                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome

                                        Maybe they're hoping some kind of subliminal messaging on a word people have vaguely heard in this context before will boost sales.

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                                        • futurebird@sauropods.winF futurebird@sauropods.win

                                          @oldclumsy_nowmad @muddle

                                          There aren't any common waves that could hurt your brain.

                                          BUT

                                          If you want to know about something invisible, that most people don't know about that can impact your health in persistent mild but still bad ways? Look up "infrasound" --

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                                          @futurebird @muddle

                                          I always travel with my bull elephant, Stompie. He's irritated by socially improper infrasound sources, so if there's anyone zapping me I can tell. Can't necessarily tell who they were, after he's done with them.

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