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RE: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:56:35 -0500
That's exactly the reason that you want to live in a brass screen mesh box. A faraday cage :-) ok, or cover yourself in the screen mesh, making sure there aren't any large holes is the key.... You'll also want to completely line your garage and computer room with the same brass screen mesh (can be copper if you prefer, actually any electrical conductor should work), that way when the government nukes us... Er... When the terrorists nuke us...OR when the Martians send their EMP pulse before they invade, you'll still have a working vehicle and working computers / electronics. Just don't expect your cell phone to work inside those rooms :-) Mike B Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, MCSE, MCP+I Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 email: Blanchard_Michael () EMC COM -----Original Message----- From: Todd Towles [mailto:toddtowles () brookshires com] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:26 PM To: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec); funsec () linuxbox org Subject: RE: [funsec] TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Lets put some fun back into this. MIT Research - On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ Conclusion The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for ''radio location'' (ie, GPS), and other communications with satellites (see, for example, [3]). The 2.6 Ghz band coincides with mobile phone technology. Though not affiliated by government, these bands are at the hands of multinational corporations. It requires no stretch of the imagination to conclude that the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC. We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings. -Todd _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- RE: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Todd Towles (Jan 31)
- Re: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Scott Frisbie (Feb 02)
- Re: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Dude VanWinkle (Feb 02)
- Re: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Jeff Rosowski (Feb 09)
- Re: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Mike Owen (Feb 03)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Todd Towles (Feb 02)
- RE: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research James Kehl (Feb 03)
- RE: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Blanchard_Michael (Feb 02)
- RE: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Blanchard_Michael (Feb 02)
- RE: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Todd Towles (Feb 03)
- RE: TinFoil Hat Don't Work - MIT Research Austin (Feb 03)