I think some transistor-powered nerd might be tracking my movements by way of the emergency cell phone I carry.
If I wrap my cell phone in Aluminum foil will this shield the signal from detection?
Sort of a "tin-foil-hat-in-the-pocket" question? No. This is a serious inquiry. :-(
Rusty Oxhide
It's quicker to rip out the battery.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
-- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 160 North State Road #203 Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net
How about turning it off?
Jamie
Your GPS signal may be on by default, turn it off!
Turning it off should suffice. If not, pull the battery.
-- Les Cargill
Clever little bastards put a tab in the case so the battery only goes in one way. I cut the tab and just flip the battery around ass backwards so the contacts won't mate.
Tin foil will more than do it.
An interesting experiment is to drop the phone into a large tin can (stock pot etc.) then watch the signal bars while you close off the top with a lid.
Easier and safer to just pull the battery.
The FBI has already been remotely activating phones to eavesdrop. It wouldn't take too much more to record conversations (on an EM shielded phone) and send out a burst transmission periodically, or activate the cameras....
Paranoid? I worked for the NSA... now those folks are really paranoid.
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