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I strongly suspect those would be very illegal and could result in serious side effects, such as for people who use continuous glucose monitors.
by elric 16d ago
I strongly suspect those would be very illegal and could result in serious side effects, such as for people who use continuous glucose monitors.
- deadbabe 15d agoOh wow but a GPS jammer is okay so someone could get lost and possibly killed, or even crash a plane?
- trial3 15d agoi’m delighted to report that it’s actually possible for people to talk about a second, related topic in a comment section without invalidating the problems of the main post being commented on
- alwaysmrno 15d agoMany people do not understand this concept!
- bluGill 15d agoWho said a GPS jammer is okay? They are highly illegal in the US and the FCC will hand out large fines when they find one. GPS jammers are cheap though and so it is unlikely the FCC will catch the majority of users. Though most GPS jamming is by countries at war. Russia has a large GPS jamming operation around Ukraine, and this often affects GPS in other parts of Europe as well. I have no information, but I would be surprised if Iran wasn't also jamming GPS (off and on depending on the current state of their war). You can safely assume every military in the world has some GPS jammers that they have plans to use if it makes sense to them.
- ExoticPearTree 15d ago> Who said a GPS jammer is okay? They are highly illegal in the US and the FCC will hand out large fines when they find one. GPS jammers are cheap though and so it is unlikely the FCC will catch the majority of users. FCC will hand out fines if they can find the owners. Reading through the comments here about the hardware size and capabilities nowadays for pretty much off-the-shelf solutions, it is not a far fetched thought that an adversary can plant thousands of jammers in dense urban environments and then turn them on whenever they want to. Imagine what a blanket jamming can do in NYC airspace.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 15d agoI think that quite often it has more to do with making sure the missiles and drones can't easily hit their targets. Not that this is an excuse for jackasses doing it just for shits and giggles. Fuck those people.
- stackedinserter 15d agoEven this highly theoretical harm can be avoided if you jam bluetooth with 50% duty cycle. Like, 2s on then 2s off.
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- nerdsniper 15d agoClearly you don’t have a family member who uses CGM’s. They are extremely sensitive to RF disruptions, and often fail for mind bogglingly dumb reasons. 2s on / 2s off would completely disable all of their functionality until the interference was gone. And possibly much longer - they are finicky.
- mannanj 15d agoSo they are sensitive to RF but for some reason all the RF around you, from the power lines in the walls, the WIFI, the towers, they are immune to those?
- alightsoul 15d agoThis is such a first world problem. The speakers the post refers to are probably in a third world country where no medical equipment uses Bluetooth so jamming it poses no danger.
- alightsoul 15d agoThe reason why they don't use Bluetooth is because, they don't exist at all. People either die first before receiving the device, or the condition that requires it is rare in that part of the world
- rc5150 15d agosurely there's a failsafe if they're that sensitive and finicky. Counting my lucky stars I don't need one, but if I did, I don't think I'd rely on it if it's that incapable of staying up.
- wmeredith 15d agoI am a volunteer coach in a rec soccer league for 6th graders. Bluetooth jamming could literally kill one of my diabetic (type 1) players during a game because of this scenario.
- dotancohen 15d agoThat sounds like a serious flaw in his hardware.